DTAA Supervision Requirements
Professional supervision provides an opportunity to reflect on, and receive feedback on, therapeutic work for the purpose of professional growth and accountability.
Registered DTAA Members are responsible for seeking out supervision of their clinical work to support their own ongoing professional development, at all stages of their career.
The DTAA offers accreditation as Clinical DMT Supervisor for its most senior clinicians; a comprehensive listing, including areas of expertise, can be found on the DMT Register under Find a Therapist. Recommendations for other appropriate supervisors are listed below.
Annual DTAA Supervision Requirements
Associate, Provisional Professional and Professional Members are expected to engage in regular and ongoing clinical supervision with a suitably-qualified supervisor, as follows
Professional/Clinical DMT Supervisor
Clinical Supervision Hours Required
- With a 100 or more hours’ clinical practice per year:
- 10 hours total of clinical supervision per year (peer, group or individual)
- With less than 100 hours’ practice per year:
- 60 to 99 hours’ practice: 4 hours of clinical supervision (group or individual)
- 30 to 59 hours’ practice: 2 hours of clinical supervision (group or individual) for
- 1 to 29 hours’ practice: 1 hour of clinical supervision (individual)
Choosing a Supervisor
- Can be a DTAA-registered Professional or Clinical DMT Supervisor.
- Can also be a registered professional with experience relevant to the focus of your DMT practice or population, with the ability to expand your knowledge and expertise.
Provisional Professional and Associate
Clinical Supervision Hours Required
- working any number of hours per year:
- 1 hour per 15 hours of practice. A mix of group and individual is recommended.
Choosing a Supervisor
- A DTAA-registered Professional Member or Clinical DMT Supervisor or equivalent (e.g. registered with the ADTA, UKDMP, etc), with a minimum of five years’ clinical practice experience at Professional Member level.
DMT Trainee and new Graduate
Clinical Supervision Hours Required
- No reporting is required until a member is registered at one of the above levels.
Note: when registering at one of the above levels, you’ll need to meet all requirements including supervision hours cumulated from your training and beyond.
Group Supervision Guidelines
- Supervision groups will have no more than 6 members.
- For groups of 1-3 members, 1 hour of group supervision = 1 hour of reported supervision.
- For groups of 4-6 members, 1.5 hours of group supervision = 1 hour of reported supervision. Each session must be a minimum of 1.5 hours in length.
- Peer group supervision of groups with six or less members is acceptable ONLY for Professional members and Clinical DMT Supervisors.
Reporting Supervision
At renewal time each year, practising members are required to provide the following information:
- approximate number of client contact hours worked during the reporting period (renewal year)
- number of hours of appropriate supervision received during the reporting period
- CPD details
- Certificate of Currency for Public Liability & Professional Indemnity Insurance.
