CLINICAL SUPERVISION SERVICES BRISBANE

Clinical Supervision & Reflective Practice Skills

Board-Approved Clinical Supervision for Psychologists Pursuing Clinical Endorsement and Professional Development

Professional supervision is more than a requirement for registration or clinical endorsement. It provides an opportunity to strengthen your clinical skills, reflect on complex clinical work, maintain ethical practice, and continue growing as a psychologist throughout your career.

Professional Clinical Supervision Tailored to You & Your Goals

At Brisbane Centre for Psychology, our Board-Approved Supervisors provide clinical supervision services that are informed by an understanding of clinical practice from every angle. With extensive experience across private practice and the public and private health sectors, they bring a grounded, practical perspective to the challenges you face, together with a genuine appreciation of the value that consistent, high-quality supervision can add to your professional development.

Our team tailors supervision to meet you where you are in your professional journey. Whether you’re an early-career psychologist, pursuing clinical endorsement, or already established in practice, each session is designed around your individual goals. Across every session, the focus stays on building your clinical capability, upholding your professional and ethical obligations, and supporting the delivery of evidence-based care to the people you work with.

Whether you’re working through a difficult case, refining your therapeutic approach, managing risk or looking for a dedicated space to process the emotional demands of your work, our supervisors adapt each session to your needs, helping you build confidence and resilience throughout your career. This may include reflection on cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, schema therapy, trauma-informed practice, and more, depending on your clinical work and supervision goals. 

In Supervision With Us, You Can Expect To: 

  • Strengthen and refine your clinical and therapeutic skills
  • Work through and address complex cases, ethical issues and professional dilemmas
  • Maintain your professional and ethical obligations
  • Grow your self-awareness and develop self-reflection practices
  • Build resilience to reduce the risk of burnout while managing stress, emotional fatigue or vicarious trauma
  • Support your ongoing professional development and career progression

Who Is Supervision Suitable For?

We provide professional supervision for registered psychologists at different career stages. Our approach to clinical supervision in psychology is grounded in real-world clinical experience across public and private practice, and is tailored to their professional development and individual supervision needs, including:

  • Psychologists pursuing clinical endorsement 
  • Early-career registered psychologists 
  • Experienced psychologists seeking ongoing reflective practice 
  • Psychologists wanting support with complex presentations, ethical decision-making, or professional development

How Sessions Work

Every psychologist clinical supervision session is tailored to your individual professional goals and is delivered in a supportive, collaborative environment.

  • Available in-person at the Stafford clinic or via secure telehealth
  • 50-minute sessions
  • Individual one-on-one supervision
  • Flexible supervision frequency based on registration requirements and professional goals
  • Supervision for psychologists pursuing clinical endorsement
  • Ongoing professional development and reflective practice for registered psychologists

Find The Right Fit For Your Clinical Supervision in Brisbane

Our team views supervision as more than a registration requirement; it’s an investment in your growth and wellbeing as a psychologist. Clinical supervision provides a dedicated space to reflect, develop your capabilities, and approach your work with greater clarity and confidence. 

Whether you’re beginning your clinical endorsement journey or looking for experienced ongoing professional supervision, our clinical supervision Brisbane team will help connect you with the Board-Approved Supervisor best suited to your goals and the relevant requirements of the Psychology Board of Australia.

Book online or contact our Client Support Team to discuss upcoming opportunities for the right supervision option for you.

MEET OUR BOARD-APPROVED CLINICAL SUPERVISORS

Carolyn Ireland
Clinical & Organisational Psychologist

Qualifications:

BSci (Hons), M Clin Psych (Post Reg), M Org Psych (MOPS), MAPS, FCCLP.

Read More

Dr David Balladon
Clinical Psychologist

Qualifications:

DPsych, BSc(Hons).

Read More

Dr Nirmal Saraswat
Clinical Psychologist

Qualifications:

MA (App & Clin Psych), MPhil (Clin), PhD (Clin), MAPS, FCCLP.

Read More

Dr Rosemary Patton
Director | Clinical Psychologist

Qualifications:

BA Hons (Psych), DPsych (Clin), MAPS, FCCLP.

Read More

Peta Maynard
Clinical Psychologist

Qualifications:

BBSC(psych), P.G DipPsych, MPsych (Clin).

Read More

Clinical Supervision, Brisbane Centre for Psychology: FAQs

How often you attend clinical supervision will depend on your professional circumstances and goals. If you’re completing a registrar program for clinical endorsement, your supervision must meet the requirements set by the Psychology Board of Australia. The Board generally expects supervision to occur fortnightly while practising, although frequency may vary across your program provided the required supervision hours and level of support are maintained.

For psychologists seeking ongoing professional supervision outside a registrar program, the frequency can be tailored to your clinical work, professional development goals and individual needs.

Clinical supervision in psychology provides a dedicated space to reflect on risk when you’re working with complex or challenging clinical situations. This may include considering case formulation, professional boundaries, documentation, treatment planning, referral options, ethical issues and appropriate escalation pathways.

Your supervisor can offer another clinical perspective, help you identify areas that may need further consideration, and support clear, informed decision-making while you remain responsible for your professional and ethical obligations.

Our clinical supervision services provide dedicated time to reflect on complex presentations, consider different case formulations and explore appropriate therapeutic approaches. Your supervisor can offer another clinical perspective when considering factors such as co-occurring concerns, clinical risk, treatment barriers and ethical issues. This can help you approach complex clinical work with greater clarity while continuing to strengthen your clinical judgement and professional practice.