Supervision
CACREP Doctoral Competencies (2016)
I. Supervision:
a. Purposes of clinical supervision
b. Theoretical frameworks and models of clinical supervision
c. Roles and relationships related to clinical supervision
d. Skills of clinical supervision
e. Opportunities for developing a personal style of clinical supervision
f. Assessment of supervisees’ developmental level and other relevant characteristics
g. Modalities of clinical supervision and the use of technology
h. Administrative procedures and responsibilities related to clinical supervision
i. Evaluation, remediation, and gatekeeping in clinical supervision
j. Legal and ethical issues and responsibilities in clinical supervision
k. Culturally relevant strategies for conducting clinical supervision
Video Discussion: Final Self-Reflection
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, this assignment will allow the student to complete 1 Video Discussion reflecting on the course including significant takeaways, growth experienced with supervisees, clinical skill development, etc. The student will post one thread of at least 3 – 5 minutes. The student must then post 2 video replies of at least 2 – 3 minutes. The student should strive to reply to those who have not received feedback. COUC714
Meets criteria d. f. i.
Literature-Based Model Presentation Assignment
The student will be paired with another student to present a particular counseling supervision model or consultation that will be assigned to each pair of students. The student should be creative with his or her presentation. As part of the presentation, the student will submit his or her PowerPoint slides and formal notes via Canvas prior to the presentation with clarity over which content each student developed. The presentation will occur during the course intensive. COUC714
Meets criteria c. g. j. k.
Professionalism and Participation Assignment
The student is expected to attend the entire intensive (all day, each day) and be prepared to actively participate. The student will complete a self-assessment at the close of the intensive week based on his or her attendance, participation, and professionalism. COUC714
Meets criteria b. e. f. g. h.
Ethics Informed Consent and Agreement Assignment
As part of the student’s supervision session, he or she will develop an “Informed Consent” that he or she will have the supervisee sign. The student must ensure that it addresses all the necessary information. COUC714
Meets criteria g. j.
Research Proposal Paper or ACES Presentation Assignment
The student will create a research proposal for a specific topic in counseling supervision or consultation. The paper will be approximately 4 pages (not including title, abstract, and references) and formatted according to the APA current edition publication manual. The student can choose to present this as a poster presentation. COUC714
Meets criteria a. b. c. d. h.
Video Submission: Initial Session Assignment
The student will video at least six (6) face-to-face sessions, two (2) of which will be submitted in the course as the Video Submission: Initial Session Assignment and the Video Submission: Second Session Assignment. In addition to the video submissions, the student will submit a reflection. It is critical that the student immediately seek and secure a master’s level or post-master’s level counselor-in-training or counselor to provide counseling supervision. COCU714
Meets criteria c. d. e. f. h. i. j.
Benchmark Personal Supervision Model Paper Assignment
The student will prepare an 8-page paper that describes his or her personal philosophy and model of counseling supervision. The paper needs to reflect definition of supervision, role of the supervisor, philosophy and process of evaluation, theory of counselor development, and relationship to counseling theory. It is permissible to incorporate other models of supervision into the paper, but the model should reflect the student’s own thoughts. The paper should be approached as a research paper in the sense that the student’s model should interact with the literature but still convey his or her own thoughts regarding supervision. COCU714
Meets criteria c. e. j. k.
Benchmark Video Submission: Second Session Assignment
The student will video at least seven (6) face-to-face sessions, two (2) of which will be submitted in the course as the Video Submission: Initial Session Assignment and the Video Submission: Second Session Assignment. In addition to the video submissions, the student will submit a reflection. It is critical that the student immediately seek and secure a master’s level or post-master’s level counselor-in-training or counselor to provide counseling supervision. COUC714
Meets criteria c. d. e. f. h. i. j.
Quiz: Chapter Reflections (3)
The student will answer reflective essay questions based on assigned Module’s Read items. COUC714
Meets criteria a. b. e.
Quiz: Supervision Video (6)
The student will submit each of the recorded supervision sessions completed throughout the course of the semester. COUC714
Meets criteria c. d. e. f. h. i. j.
Quiz: ASERVIC
The student will review the ASERVIC website and complete this quiz. COUC714
Meets criteria i. k.
Yalom Discussion Forums (7)
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. The discussions will cover the Yalom text. These discussions serve two purposes. First, the student will gain experience as future counselor educators by designing and posting his/her own discussion question for his/her peers to answer. Second, the student will pick two questions posted by his/her peers and respond to create a collaborative learning experience that brings more content and learning. Replies should be between 250-300 words. COUC710
Meets criteria a. b. g. j.
Webex Synchronous Class Discussions (5)
Class will meet one hour, synchronously, 5 times, via Webex, for discussions on topics related to group counseling. The student will be assigned articles/chapters and is expected to read and be prepared to discuss assigned reading. COUC710
Meets criteria d. e.
Supervision Reflection Paper Assignment
The student will be assigned to a master’s level group class where he/she will be expected to provide co-supervision, with the group class instructor, for one group session. COUC710
Meets criteria d. e.
Discussion: Introduction and General Topic
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will share information about the general topic direction in which he or she plans to conduct research. Each thread must be at least 200 words and include 3 scholarly references. COUC870
Meets criteria i.
Notes Assignment
The student will make notes on 75 scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. COUC870
Meets criteria i.
Class Participation Assignment
In a doctoral level course, in-class class participation is essential to the student’s development as a scholar. The student will participate in all in-class activities and submissions. COUC870
Meets criteria i.
Quiz: Final Dissertation Submission
The student will complete a quiz that requires the student to submit either Chapter 2 of the manuscript, or Chapters 1–3 of the manuscript. This manuscript upload will provide evidence of progress within the course, and track progress within the program. COUC870
Meets criteria c.
Reflection
The process of developing into a supervisor has been delightful. To have the opportunity to sit with supervisees and to help guide their evolution from a student to a counselor is joyful. As I have read differing ideas about what supervision should look like in practice, I have decided to use the process that naturally proceeds from my work as a counselor. I use Solution Focused Brief Therapy in counseling and now use Solution Focused Supervision model to help my supervisees to see the strengths they are already demonstrating and those they have within that have yet to come to light. This process is encouraging to me because I get to see individuals begin to be enlightened to the abilities they already have and can be built upon as they continue to grow and mature as counselors.
I feel I have grown in my ability to have rapport with supervisees and in my ability to help them to see their strengths and to understand that they have been empowered through their training to be successful in the career as a counselor. As I move forward as a counselor educator and in work as a supervisor, I plan to remember what it feels like to be a new counselor who is unsure about how to be what is needed for the many people who will come in my office for counseling. I plan to use that remembrance to speak encouragement into those embarking on their counselor career or to reignite more seasoned counselors if having the opportunity to meet with them in a supervisory arena.
An area of growth will be to stay abreast of current research affecting the supervision process, to be as sharp as possible, so I can best help my supervisees. I also will need to be continually looking at new counseling modalities to have a good understanding of the methods being used by supervisees. I had an instance with one supervisee where I had to do some quick searching to see the tenets of his theory. This also turned into an opportunity for the supervisee to be able to tell me about his modality to check his understanding of the method.
I see the world from a Biblical-Christian Worldview. When meeting with fellow Christians, I check their level of alignment with the Christian ideas by asking a scaling question. If they rank very low, I move forward with little direct mentioning of Christian principles (though I tell people I am a Christian and it is who I am and not simply a place I go or a group I hang out with, so many of my words and stories are seasoned with a Spiritual slant). If ranking moderately or high, I ask if they would like us to include Christian principles in our time. I also ask if they would be okay with praying and then ask if they would like to lead us or if they would like me to pray. If a person is a Christian, I want to be speaking into them in a manner that will help them to be empowered by their faith to know they have a source of strength through the Holy Spirit to carry them through in moments of uncertainty and enhance moments of strength while bringing glory and honor to our Great and Holy God.