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Abstract
This article describes a technological setup and model for Internet-based one-way-mirror supervision, called Remote Live Supervision (RLS). RLS improves the availability of distance-based advanced psychotherapy training by permitting a supervisee to receive “live” supervision from a supervisor in a distant location, in real time during a psychotherapy session. The benefits and limitations of “cybersupervision” (Gilbert & Maxwell, Citation2011) are discussed, with special consideration given to supervision process, ethics, privacy, and security. Directions for future research are discussed.
Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge Philip Colgan for contributing to the development of Remote Live Supervision.
Notes
The term supervision is used because of the tradition in the literature referring to “live supervision,” on which this model is based, and does not refer to a formal supervisory role or licensure status of the supervisee.
Our setup for RLS does not include video of the supervisee because we have not used videoconference software that supports two live video streams. However, this is a promising avenue for future research, as the technology becomes available.