198 -3 Stages of Supervisor and Supervisee Development

Summary: 3 Stages of Supervisor & Supervisee Development Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD Executive Director: AllCEUs.com, Counselor Education and Training Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery Objectives ~ Review the stages of supervisor and supervisee development ~ Forming ~ Storming ~ Norming Supervisor and Supervisee Development The supervisor provides: ~ Nonjudgmental support ~ Uses a counseling, therapeutic approach addressing feelings thoughts and actions that may impede the supervisees professional performance ~ Is consultative with self-evaluation an exploration ~ Employs self supervision Structures Underlying Development ~ Autonomy ~ Self and other awareness ~ Motivation Development ~ Phase 1: Childhood: supervisor creates a safe place for supervisee to explore new techniques ~ Phase 2: Adolescence: alternating between exploration into new areas and retreating to the safety of home ~ Phase 3: Adulthood: mutual interdependence between supervisor and supervisee built on the foundation of basic universal values such as faith, hope, love, peace and respect Developmental Stages ~ Counselor Level 1 “Forming” ~ Characterized by: high dependence on others, lack of self and other awareness, categorical thinking, high motivation and commitment to work ~ Plagued by feelings of anxiety and driven by the desire to do it right ~ And formulate clinical concepts on the basis of a single aspect of the client history ~ Practice by formulas such as “All clients in early recovery are __________” Developmental Stages ~ Do not know how to formulate treatment plans ~ Cannot visualize and articulate therapeutic process from intake through intervention to termination ~ The supervisor environment is one that encourages autonomy of providing instruction support and modeling within a structured setting ~ The primary responsibility of supervisors for level 1 counselors is to protect client needs at all times while encouraging risk-taking by the counselor ~ To facilitate growth a supervisor should introduce the counselor to ambiguity and conflict ~ It is imperative that supervisors working with level 1 counselors take into account the supervisees learning style Developmental Stages ~ Counselor Level 2 “Storming” ~ Realizing that cannot save the world, level two counselors become frustrated by their inability to solve difficult problems ~ Characterized by: Vacillating between autonomy and dependence, more self-aware of self and others, and consistently motivated ~ Although level 2 counselors have more skills and tools, they often do not know which tools to use with which client or why ~ Often vacillates between rejecting advice and assistance to desperately wanting to be comforted and protected ~ Level 2 counselors can empathize excessively with the client ~ Level 2 counselors progress in a cyclical rather than linear fashion regressing at times to earlier developmental issues Developmental Stages ~ Counselor Level 3 “Norming” ~ Involves establishing one's own therapy model and normalizing that approach in a range of clinical situations ~ Characterized by: secure autonomy, awareness and acceptance of self and others, stable motivation Developmental Stages ~ Supervisors: Level 1 “Forming” ~ Displays a mechanistic approach ~ Place a strong expert role ~ Depends on own supervisor ~ Is moderately to highly structured ~ Is invested in trainees adopting their own model ~ Has trouble with level 2 counselors Developmental Stages ~ Supervisors: Level 2 “Storming” ~ Displays confusion, conflict issues ~ Sees supervision a

198 -3 Stages of Supervisor and Supervisee Development

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