The More, the Merrier? A Phenomenological Investigation of Counselor-in-Training Simultaneous Supervision

Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to explore the simultaneous supervision experiences or counselors-in-training. Simultaneous supervision is when a supervisee receives clinical supervision from multiple supervisors. Sometimes this supervision includes a university supervisor and a si...

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Published inThe Professional Counselor (Greensboro, N.C.) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 15 - 29
Main Authors Lane, William B, Hakenewerth, Timothy J, Frank, Camille D, Davis-Price, Tessa B, Kleist, David M, Moody, Steven J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greensboro National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) 01.01.2024
Subjects
Counseling
Counselor education
Education
Feedback
Internships
Professional ethics
Professionals
Supervision
Supervisors
Teaching
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Summary:Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to explore the simultaneous supervision experiences or counselors-in-training. Simultaneous supervision is when a supervisee receives clinical supervision from multiple supervisors. Sometimes this supervision includes a university supervisor and a site supervisor. Other times this supervision occurs when a student has multiple sites in one semester and receives supervision at each site. Counselors-in-training described their experiences with simultaneous supervision during the course of their education. Four superordinate themes emerged: making sense of multiple perspectives, orchestrating the process, supervisory relationship dynamics, and personal dispositions and characteristics. Results indicated that counselors-in-training experienced compounded benefits and challenges. Implications for supervisors, supervisees, and counselor education programs are provided.
ISSN:2164-3989
DOI:10.15241/wblj.l4.1.15