Although clinical supervision plays a major part in the professional training of clinical psychologists, there are as yet no agreed guidelines for preparing supervisors for this key educational role. This article uses the Delphi approach to see whether an expert panel of UK clinical psychologists could come to a consensus on what the most suitable components of such a supervisor training programme might be.
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