The Recovery Files · For Clinicians
Supervision Suite
For the people who supervise, and the people being supervised
Sixteen resources on clinical supervision in SUD treatment. Five short topic sets take on the hard parts of the supervisor's job: standing between staff and leadership, being truly available, balancing accountability, catching teachable moments, and fixing performance plans. Five longer modules and workshops build the role itself. Six practical tools help you plan, prepare for and measure supervision, including three written for the clinician on the other side of the table.
Five supervisor challenges
Each one: slides, a self-assessment, a worksheet and a mind map.
Dual Constituency
Navigating Clinical & Organizational Needs
Serving clinical staff and leadership at the same time, without feeling forced to choose sides. Treats the tension as a chance for creative solutions rather than a loyalty test.
Inside: Slides on the paradox of representation and loyalty-conflict patterns · self-assessment · worksheet · mind map
18 pages
Authentic Accessibility
Genuine Openness & Professional Boundaries
Going beyond the "open door policy": making staff feel genuinely welcome to seek guidance, offering more than one way to reach you, and keeping it sustainable with healthy boundaries.
Inside: Slides on genuine welcoming, multiple pathways and boundary management · self-assessment · worksheet · mind map
16 pages
Accountability Balance
Balancing Ownership and Collaboration
Holding each person accountable for their own work while keeping the team invested in shared success. Covers silos, "social loafing" and addressing individual performance inside a team.
Inside: Slides on individual vs. collective accountability and performance management · self-assessment · worksheet · mind map
17 pages
Teachable Moments
Maximizing Natural Learning Opportunities
Noticing and using the learning opportunities that come up in everyday clinical work: being present where learning happens, recognizing the moment, and giving feedback in real time.
Inside: Slides on strategic positioning, observational awareness and immediate recognition · self-assessment · worksheet · mind map
16 pages
PIP Transformation
Uncovering Hidden Costs
Turning Performance Improvement Plans back into tools for improvement, not paper trails to a predetermined exit. Asks what each PIP says about the supervision that came before it.
Inside: Slides on the hidden costs of PIPs, the supervision–PIP connection, and legal and ethical risks · self-assessment · mind map
11 pages
Modules and workshops
Longer training for the supervisor's role.
Clinical Supervision in SUD Treatment
A self-paced module (3–4 hours) on the principles and practice of supervision in SUD settings: the four functions of supervision, feedback, psychological safety, countertransference and burnout, ethics and boundaries.
Inside: Overview, learning objectives and the full module
11 pages
Leadership Style Workshop
Does Your Personality Resonate or Repel?
A 2–3 hour workshop on how your personality and style land with the people you supervise: who connects with you naturally, who struggles, and how to adapt without losing yourself.
Inside: Overview and the full workshop
10 pages
Strategic Planning Workshop
Leadership Engagement & Change Sponsorship
A 3–4 hour workshop on leading change from the middle: interviewing executives for buy-in, mapping change sponsorship, building coalitions and planning supervision improvements.
Inside: Overview and the full workshop
12 pages
Supervisory Competency Training Guide
Comprehensive Development Framework
A modular training framework across seven supervisory competency domains, with separate guides for the clinical supervisor and the administrative supervisor.
Inside: Overview · training guide for clinical supervisors · training guide for administrative supervisors
20 pages
Leadership Excellence & Team Development
Comprehensive Assessment & Workshop
An assessment (45–60 minutes) and workshop (3–4 hours) for supervisors leading teams in high-stress treatment settings, across seven leadership dimensions specific to SUD treatment.
Inside: Overview and the workshop
8 pages
Supervision tools
Practical sheets for before, during and after supervision.
Tools 11–15 are printable versions of tools in the coaching app. On paper they work as fill-in forms; the app saves your entries and shows trends over time.
For supervisors
Supervision Planner
Plan sessions · Track competencies · Document outcomes
A session planner with a ready-made 80-minute agenda (caseload, clinical skill, documentation, self-care, ethics, goals) and space for notes, strengths, growth areas and follow-up tasks.
4 pages
For supervisees
Supervision Prep
Cases · Questions · Feedback · Action Items
A prep sheet for walking into supervision ready: cases to discuss, clinical questions, countertransference notes, supervisor feedback and action items.
4 pages
For supervisees
Clinical Supervision Caseload Tracker
“There are no problems — just issues without resolutions yet.”
A weekly check-in for logging pinch points by category and severity and routing them to supervisor, leadership or team, with field-tested recommendations for ten issue areas, from caseload and documentation to burnout and ethics.
19 pages
For teams
Group Supervision Check-In
Helpers Helping Helpers
A structured check-in for clinical teams on five dimensions: how you're showing up, struggles and successes, pinch points, what you need, and goals.
8 pages
For teams
Clinical Supervision Effectiveness Pulse
Is your supervision coaching or compliance?
A monthly survey for staff to rate their real experience of supervision. In the app it's anonymous with a leadership summary; the PDF is the paper survey.
6 pages
For supervisees
Finding Your Strength
Finding Your Strength Through Supervision
An intensive for clinicians at every stage on getting the most from supervision: understanding it, the supervisory relationship, barriers to engagement, countertransference and self-care, and advocating for what you need.
Inside: Five readings · a 40-question self-assessment · ten deep-work worksheets · an action plan
31 pages
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