FAQs

Any and all persons interested in clinical supervision are welcome to become a CSRC Collaborator – regardless of discipline or geographical location. Students and new professionals are especially welcome!

To become a CSRC Collaborator, please click the “join now” button below form and fill out the brief form, so we can learn more about you. Once you submit the form, you are a member!

Once you are a member, we will send you a follow-up survey that will provide us with additional information to help us get to know who you are, what you hope to get from CSRC, and how you would like to be involved.

No. There are no CSRC membership fees or dues. CSRC membership is free. We do accept donations to a CSRC fund in support of ongoing costs (e.g., storage space for podcasts, website maintenance) and future goals (e.g., research grant funding).

If you are financially able, consider donating to CSRC in honor of a person who sparked your interest in and appreciation for clinical supervision; we will be happy to notify them of your gift in their honor.

Here is a link to the CSRC fund (tax-deductible in the US):
Click here and choose the last bullet – “Choose a different destination” at the end of the list. You will need to manually enter “Clinical Supervision Research Collaborative” as you click through.

Yes! Students are very welcome to join – and fully participate in – CSRC and all its activities.

A doctoral student sits on the CSRC Advisory Board and several doctoral students serve on the CSRC podcast team.

We plan to provide specific supports for student members in the near future. Send us your suggestions to [email protected]

CSRC is the only global, cross-disciplinary community focused on advancing clinical supervision and practice. CSRC allows its Collaborators to learn both similarities and differences in supervision practices, research questions, and advocacy priorities across geographical and disciplinary boundaries. Shared successes and challenges often suggest new ideas and potential directions for Collaborators’ own work.

For example, read Liz Beddoe’s blog about a fruitful international collaboration of social work researchers.

CSRC also is a place where you can talk about “clinical supervision” without having to explain what that means.

The CSRC community meets quarterly/4 times year. Each meeting is scheduled at two different times to accommodate our global membership’s time zones.

Each CSRC quarterly meeting includes ‘meet and greet’ breakout sessions of 3 to 4 Collaborators. These small groupings give Collaborators the opportunity to share information about their involvement in clinical supervision research and/or practice. Several Special Interest Communities (SICs) as well as individual connections around potential projects have grown out of breakout meetings.

CSRC Special Interest Communities (SICs) are made up of CSRC Collaborators who want to explore a particular supervision topic, such as trauma-informed supervision, supervision training, or supervision practice in the public sector. They schedule regular meetings and discussions around their shared concerns and issues. Their goals can vary – from potential research partnerships to skill development. Shared advocacy efforts can be a goal of these groups also.

SICs are one way CSRC supports “spanning disciplines, bridging borders, and building a global community” around clinical supervision research and practice.

Any CSRC Collaborator can initiate a SIC. Just reach out to us at [email protected]