HOW CSRC BEGAN
Over a number of years, DiAnne and Mike met many like-minded clinical supervision researchers and practitioners at the annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision (IICCS). They found, however, that there was not an easy mechanism to stay in touch with new colleagues and continue the conversations. Also, they were aware that many international supervision researchers were unable to attend the in-person conferences in the US.
The genesis of the CSRC – including the name – grew out of conversations during a work meeting at the IICCS in June 2016. Several participants at that meeting now serve on the CSRC Advisory Board.
You can learn more about how CSRC was created through the first CSRC podcast on The Clinical Supervision Connection.
Frequently Asked Questions
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]
We intentionally chose ‘cross-disciplinary’ because it most clearly speaks to the act of reaching across – which epitomizes the goal of CSRC. As our tagline declares, CSRC is focused on “spanning disciplines, bridging borders, and building a global community.”
Through CSRC we seek to reach across disciplinary and geographical boundaries, as well as the research to practice gap. When Collaborators reach across to share, inform, or discover, they create new opportunities for enhancing clinical supervision research and practice. In reaching across, Collaborators benefit supervisors, supervisees, and clients.
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