Supervision

Supervision is an integral part of the development of excellent professional practice. It provides opportunities for counselors to stretch and grow, fostering self-awareness of their strengths and vulnerabilities. Since the supervision process is primarily concerned with the enhancement and improvement of the counselor’s competencies, its ultimate benefit is that it will provide greater services to the client. Affiliated with CACREP approved counselor education programs to guide my supervision as a faculty, administrators, and site. The supervision identity will provide accountability to promote ethical training and practice for supervisors and my supervisors. It is believed that through non-biased, and authentic feedback trainees and supervises will learn to put clients' interests above their own. ​The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) is set to provide professional growth and ongoing support for counselors as a product of professional supervision. The importance of supervisory training is outlined in its standards that govern both counselor education programs and the clinical training environments in which they take place. There are many models of how to conduct counseling supervision; some are directive, some non-directive, and others collaborative. My preferred method is the discrimination model. The discrimination models allow me to utilize different hats/roles which can benefit the counseling in training process.

 

I had some challenges learning to tailor the discrimination model, avoiding the existence of a power differential between supervisor and supervisees which can lead to an unequal relationship.  I have always had the ability to provide dual roles such as professor, supervisor, and mentor however I was adjusting to the academic setting as a CES. I learned to keep the CES CACREP ethical standards while practicing the supervisory role. I plan in continuing to craft my CES skills in continuing proffesional development to provide supervisees with a comprehensive proffesional development in the counseling profession. Through the process of doctoral education, I learned the history and trajectory of supervision, my supervision model, and the ethical principles according to CACREP standards.