This guide attempts to solve problems caused when a certain designated "brand" of supervision is forced on the counselor trainee with neither choice nor checklist of important criteria. As a tentative start on a guide to supervision the paper offers the following: a definition of supervision; a summary of the various types of supervision; a consideration of the conflicts likely in supervision; and recommendations concerning the maximization of supervisory learning. Included is a table of ratings of five models of supervision on nine dimensions of a supervisory relations, as well as a process that the counselor in search of supervision might follow in order to maximize learning. (BN)