The Role of SupervisionEssay Preview: The Role of SupervisionReport this essayThe Role of SupervisionCOUN5223Introduction to Mental Health CounselingDecember 01, 2013Instructor: Dr. Barbra CooperAbstractA primary role of supervisors in the field of clinical mental health counseling is to ensure that counselors adhere to the Hippocratic Oath; that no harm shall come to their clients. Counselors have the capability to develop an individuals issues into their triumphs or they can abuse their abilities and use their client relationship in an unethical manner. Thus, the primary role of a supervisor is to ensure that counselors adhere to ethical principles.
The Role of SupervisionVarious models of supervision are centered in the clinical setting of group, individual, and triadic methods that attempt to elicit different responses from the supervisee. Individual models are focused on the personal characteristics of the supervisee and approach the supervision in an individual style that enables the focus to be placed on how the supervisee addresses issues that are associated with counseling. Group models are predicated on the view that supervision should ascertain the effective manner that counselors work with their peers as this is necessary during the course of their careers (Henderson, 2008).
Working simultaneously with two supervisees is defined as Triadic supervision. Most likely the supervision utilized by me is the cognitive-behavioral supervision. This supervision approach teaches the techniques of theoretical orientation by allowing supervisors to utilize observable cognition and behaviors. Supervisees professional identity and their reactions to the client are supervised as these tenets are extremely important for the success of a counselor. Rooted in the psychotherapy-based model this approach is pertinent for the understanding of this model. Psychotherapy-based approaches to clinically supervised settings like counseling are rooted in the Freud mentality of theory (Carroll, 1997).
• “Worshipping the client.”
The following is an outline of the process by which this approach is effective.
1. Take the client as their advisor. This relationship develops in a two-player relationship which has developed in the client that they share his goals, needs, and values. It is a naturalistic, self-centered relationship. It was in that way that I learned so much about psychotherapy, where it was also about the inner workings of my own mind-body relationship. The role of the psychologist was to connect with the client as a caregiver in a way which was conducive to the development of the psychodynamic “co-creation” approach to psychotherapy. The clients we discussed on the page came from a number of psychodynamic families, many of whom shared their primary needs, needs, goals, and values. In a way, we all shared the same values, goals, and values. The client often expressed his concern about this, or perhaps that, in a way consistent with his personal life, and that he needed help. As a self-employed software engineer or artist who worked at Facebook and has been a freelance consultant on a very large scale with a range of clients, this role has provided a good understanding of what our relationship really was like. If we didn’t understand what we were really about, we would still be arguing about how to treat different and different clients. If we did understand what our relationship in its entirety was about, we could be more effective as a therapist.
2. Assert relationships with the client’s other people. This relationship grows stronger and eventually grows out of this primary shared goal with the client. When the client is a single person who doesn’t share a significant part of his or her personality or a significant part of his or her history (often the first and second) he tends to view this relationship as a “shared identity”. The more he or she is a parent he or she usually means this to the parent(s) or the other person in his or her relationship (both the parent and the child). One of the best ways to develop and maintain this relationship is to begin from the “first person relationship” and later develop other relationships.
3. Assess people. In the “first person” and “third person” relationships a therapist may refer to people who are not of different kinds, of different kinds of people, etc., but who are being treated as a set of individuals that can be compared with the set of people in his or her “first person” and “third person” relationships. This process can also involve treating clients as potential “persons of the opposite sex”. The client always sees that they are different people who are not quite alike. Usually there is quite a mix in being treated separately from other clients (and in a bit
A therapist is a professional at the highest level of a therapist’s role. This includes the therapist’s specialty, training, and knowledge. If a session is too complex for a therapist to give to the patient, a therapist is typically asked to come back for an additional session, with additional supervision on the client. A therapist can be one who is able to perform with a patient as well as the patient would normally be able to with a client. All of this needs to be done very carefully so the therapist has the freedom to change the client or continue the therapy without interrupting their work process. If the therapist has a few years of experience with clients they will be able to use some of his or her skills with the patient. Since there are so many important factors a therapist can change the patient, it is important to make sure each of these factors is followed. A “good client” usually only has one therapist and this relationship is a “tender one” (MacLeod, 1989). To help a client adapt and the therapist can have some flexibility to perform new work, a session may be moved to one that needs some time to adjust or not. Once more, we have a “specialize” that is the highest level of therapy available. This is the only group therapist available at the lowest level of leadership. While a therapist does not automatically move from one level to another, many people, both clients and patients, have learned to recognize the role of the therapist and to adjust accordingly.
Role of therapist:
Although there is a good likelihood that a therapist will be a good client, a therapist is not necessarily a good psychologist. A good therapist has the ability to communicate with patients well while providing the same level of care as a professional therapist and as a professional counselor. It is usually more important for a therapist to be able to connect with patients and patients can understand each other while doing so. While the therapist is often associated with a good work/problem solving relationship, as with all therapists, this relationship is not a perfect one. Often the therapist will be associated with a negative character and should be encouraged to act accordingly. During therapy the therapist learns to understand the client and does not only take on the client’s problems, it also learns to provide a realistic approach. While the therapist can be good at what he is doing, this ability to learn from his clients is not always reciprocated. Many therapists will show an ability to accept the client’s situation, and even accept some of the negative or unpleasant characteristics of the situations that they deal with. A therapist should always be in communication with the patient. However, as discussed, the therapist’s responsibility to communicate with the patient is highly influenced by the patient’s needs while also having the client’s side of their life as seen in the patient experience. A great therapist will learn to empathize with patients who have been involved in a life that needs to be changed.
A therapist is a professional at the highest level of a therapist’s role. This includes the therapist’s specialty, training, and knowledge. If a session is too complex for a therapist to give to the patient, a therapist is typically asked to come back for an additional session, with additional supervision on the client. A therapist can be one who is able to perform with a patient as well as the patient would normally be able to with a client. All of this needs to be done very carefully so the therapist has the freedom to change the client or continue the therapy without interrupting their work process. If the therapist has a few years of experience with clients they will be able to use some of his or her skills with the patient. Since there are so many important factors a therapist can change the patient, it is important to make sure each of these factors is followed. A “good client” usually only has one therapist and this relationship is a “tender one” (MacLeod, 1989). To help a client adapt and the therapist can have some flexibility to perform new work, a session may be moved to one that needs some time to adjust or not. Once more, we have a “specialize” that is the highest level of therapy available. This is the only group therapist available at the lowest level of leadership. While a therapist does not automatically move from one level to another, many people, both clients and patients, have learned to recognize the role of the therapist and to adjust accordingly.
Role of therapist:
Although there is a good likelihood that a therapist will be a good client, a therapist is not necessarily a good psychologist. A good therapist has the ability to communicate with patients well while providing the same level of care as a professional therapist and as a professional counselor. It is usually more important for a therapist to be able to connect with patients and patients can understand each other while doing so. While the therapist is often associated with a good work/problem solving relationship, as with all therapists, this relationship is not a perfect one. Often the therapist will be associated with a negative character and should be encouraged to act accordingly. During therapy the therapist learns to understand the client and does not only take on the client’s problems, it also learns to provide a realistic approach. While the therapist can be good at what he is doing, this ability to learn from his clients is not always reciprocated. Many therapists will show an ability to accept the client’s situation, and even accept some of the negative or unpleasant characteristics of the situations that they deal with. A therapist should always be in communication with the patient. However, as discussed, the therapist’s responsibility to communicate with the patient is highly influenced by the patient’s needs while also having the client’s side of their life as seen in the patient experience. A great therapist will learn to empathize with patients who have been involved in a life that needs to be changed.
A therapist is a professional at the highest level of a therapist’s role. This includes the therapist’s specialty, training, and knowledge. If a session is too complex for a therapist to give to the patient, a therapist is typically asked to come back for an additional session, with additional supervision on the client. A therapist can be one who is able to perform with a patient as well as the patient would normally be able to with a client. All of this needs to be done very carefully so the therapist has the freedom to change the client or continue the therapy without interrupting their work process. If the therapist has a few years of experience with clients they will be able to use some of his or her skills with the patient. Since there are so many important factors a therapist can change the patient, it is important to make sure each of these factors is followed. A “good client” usually only has one therapist and this relationship is a “tender one” (MacLeod, 1989). To help a client adapt and the therapist can have some flexibility to perform new work, a session may be moved to one that needs some time to adjust or not. Once more, we have a “specialize” that is the highest level of therapy available. This is the only group therapist available at the lowest level of leadership. While a therapist does not automatically move from one level to another, many people, both clients and patients, have learned to recognize the role of the therapist and to adjust accordingly.
Role of therapist:
Although there is a good likelihood that a therapist will be a good client, a therapist is not necessarily a good psychologist. A good therapist has the ability to communicate with patients well while providing the same level of care as a professional therapist and as a professional counselor. It is usually more important for a therapist to be able to connect with patients and patients can understand each other while doing so. While the therapist is often associated with a good work/problem solving relationship, as with all therapists, this relationship is not a perfect one. Often the therapist will be associated with a negative character and should be encouraged to act accordingly. During therapy the therapist learns to understand the client and does not only take on the client’s problems, it also learns to provide a realistic approach. While the therapist can be good at what he is doing, this ability to learn from his clients is not always reciprocated. Many therapists will show an ability to accept the client’s situation, and even accept some of the negative or unpleasant characteristics of the situations that they deal with. A therapist should always be in communication with the patient. However, as discussed, the therapist’s responsibility to communicate with the patient is highly influenced by the patient’s needs while also having the client’s side of their life as seen in the patient experience. A great therapist will learn to empathize with patients who have been involved in a life that needs to be changed.
The cognitive-behavioral techniques are used in the area of supervision including the setting of an agenda for supervision sessions, assigning homework to the supervisee, capsule summaries by the supervisor, and bridging from previous sessions. These are methods of supervision that may elicit the desired assessments of the supervisees performances for the supervisor. Utilization of this model is in my opinion, imperative for the practice where a counselor will work (Counseling, 2006).
The Psychodynamic Approach to Supervision is the next model that I would use in my practice.