Engagement in supervision is a professional requirement for clinical psychologists in the UK (Division of Clinical Psychology 2014). There is, however, little guidance regarding how psychologists should be taught the skills required to be a supervisor, or how these skills should be evaluated. This article starts by reviewing the development of national guidance for the training of clinical psychologists as supervisors. Nationally agreed learning objectives for supervisor training are presented. The article then describes how this guidance was operationalised within a region of the UK, and how this has been developed over a number of years. The training and its evaluation processes are outlined and mapped against the learning objectives, with suggestions for future developments.

Research suggests that psychological interventions are necessary and effective for patients in acute mental health settings. Little research has been generated on the feasibility of brief psychological interventions for women in psychiatric intensive care units (PICU). This pilot evaluation aimed to gauge patients' perceptions of a dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)-informed intervention, delivered in a 30-minute daily group, in the context of a female PICU.<br/> Overall, patients endorsed session content as 'worthwhile' and the sessionlength as 'just right'. The DBT-informed skills were deemed 'helpful for the future'. These preliminary findings support the continuation of this novel, PICU-tailored intervention. Clinical and research implications are discussed.