"Clinical Supervision is regular, protected time for facilitated, in-depth reflection on clinical practice." Bond and Holland (1998) p. 12

It brings practitioners and skilled supervisors together to engage in a formal process of professional support and learning. Supervisors can help supervisees to reflect upon their practice in order to enable the supervision process. For more information, see Fowler & Chevannes (1998).

One of the most commonly used clinical supervision frameworks is Proctor's Model, derived from the work of Bridgid Proctor:

• The model describes three aspects of the tasks and responsibilities of supervisor and supervisee; Normative, Formative and Restorative (management, learning and support).
• The Formative (or learning) component of supervision is derived of the opportunity "to become increasingly reflective upon practice" within the supervision process (Proctor 2001, p.31)