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The Role of Supervision in Promoting Success and Professional Growth

Updated: Jan 8

Supervision in the counseling profession is imperative. The practice of supervision ensures the quality of care provided to clients and supports therapists in their growth, effectiveness, and development. As a new therapist, supervision is a requirement for the reasons stated above, and its value continues past the provisional license stage.




What is counseling supervision?
What is counseling supervision?

What supervision IS:

  1. Enhancing professional development—This can look like skill development, where the supervisor provides critiques of audio or video recordings to support the supervisee with appropriate skills and techniques. It can also involve further developing the theoretical foundation and/or expanding on theories to support clients.

  2. Ensuring supervisees are practicing ethically—Ethics can be challenging and the role of the supervisors is to support supervisees practicing ethically and understanding ethical guidelines. In addition, navigate complex situations that involve confidentiality, boundaries, and dual relationships. Lastly, enforcing clients are receiving appropriate and effective care.

  3. Supporting emotional stress—Addressing emotional stress that impacts providing support for clients. In turn, any emotional stress will impact how a therapist shows up in a session. A supervisor can help find ways to support their supervisee with techniques, skills, and strategies that are individualized.

  4. Improving client outcomes—Reviewing cases and supporting treatment planning and effectiveness of therapy. Identifying blind spots and helping with taking an objective perspective.



Supervision is NOT:

  1. Therapy: Personal issues are addressed in personal therapy

  2. A substitute for continuing education: Refines and enhances existing competencies

  3. Responsible for ethics training: Supports developing ethical skills.

  4. Managerial role: Encourages independence

  5. Unilateral: A collaborative relationship



Supervision is essential in maintaining the integrity and quality of the counseling profession. As a supervisor it is my job to ensure the highest standards of care for clients, fostering trust and effectiveness in the therapeutic relationship.


Flourish Consulting and Supervision would love to support you in your supervision journey!


 
 
 

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