Awareness of intersectional privilege is a theme woven throughout the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC). However, a paucity of resources exists to guide counselor educators and supervisors in helping counselors-in-training (CITs) examine personal positions of privilege embedded within the MSJCC framework. The…

The study investigated how clinical supervision affects the personal and professional development of first-time supervisees. The explanatory sequential mixed methods research design was employed in the study. Quantitative data was collected using a single group pretest-posttest experimental design to evaluate the impact of supervision on the…

The counseling profession prides itself on its developmental focus. However, counselors, counselor educators, and supervisors have generally applied only "phasic," and not "stage," theories to counseling and supervision practice and have not incorporated developmental concepts into their teaching. This article continues the effort of rectifying…

This digest focuses on issues of supervisory evaluation and feedback. It suggests that there exist some fairly basic premises from educational psychology, educational evaluation, and counselor supervision literature that can improve supervision evaluation practices, and thus reduce the ambiguity and uncertainty about evaluation in supervision.…

Results of this study indicated that counselors consistently rated their training higher than did the superintendents. The biggest difference in ratings between counselors and superintendents was on personal social counseling. Counselors apparently feel that personal social counseling is an area of their preparation program where they received…

The Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) believes it is necessary that counselor educators, supervisors, and counselors establish specific, substantive policies, procedures, and activities designed to improve counseling services for non-Whites. The development of counselor training programs encompassing needs and aspirations…

The data suggest that high level practicum instructors are usually able to offset the effects of low level individual supervisors. The study again indicates that only those counseling trainees who come in contact with individuals functioning at high levels of facilitative conditions will themselves grow on these dimensions. (Author)

Coordination of counselor education and supervision is one of the major issues demanding immediate attention. Various background aspects are discussed: (1) the need for counseling supervision, (2) the function of counseling supervision, (3) the goals of supervision, (4) the status of supervision, and (5) the purposes of this study. Included in…

Compared practicum supervisors and counseling students in training in terms of dominant cognitive style and related cognitive style of counselors in training to supervision processes and outcome measures. Did not detect a strong relationship between cognitive style of counselors in training and supervision process and outcome measures. (Author/ABB)

Nondisclosures in supervision were studied for 108 supervisees. Supervisees reported an average of 8.06 nondisclosures ranging in importance level. Negative reactions to the supervisor were the most frequent type of nondisclosure. The most frequent reasons for nondisclosures were perceived unimportance, that the nondisclosure was too personal,…

Issues involving dual relationships in counseling are discussed in this monograph. Dual relationships occur when counselors have another, significantly different, relationship with one of their clients, students, or supervisees. This monograph is intended to be a resource that reflects the current thinking of the counseling profession and that…

Counselors should be able to increase their effectiveness by appropriate use of social influence strategies; learning to use power bases is a critical need of counselor trainees. One way they can learn to use power bases is by modeling their supervisors in counseling practica. In this study, the effects of faculty supervisors' attitudes on…

Explored the experience of "good" supervision events from the perspective of supervisees using a qualitative phenomenological research methodology. Eight intermediate-level to advanced-level trainees participated in a tape-recorded interview in which they described a recent good supervision experience, yielding transcripts that were subjected to a…

In conjunction with the increased attention given to qualifications of those who supervise counseling students, this study surveyed supervisors of counselor licensure applicants in two states. Provides baseline information about supervision provided to counselor licensure applicants and concludes that a state board's supervision regulations…

Examines supervision in terms of social influences processes that result in attitude and behavior change in the trainee. Emphasizes attitude change, which both accompanies and mediates behavior change. Explores the implications of the social influence perspective for understanding supervision and for conducting research on supervision. (RJM)