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ABSTRACT
We examined expert site supervisors’ supervision cognitions while preparing for, conducting, and evaluating their supervision sessions with master’s-level counseling students via concept mapping. Experts’ cognitions were summarized in four areas: Supervisory Relationship, Conceptualization of Supervision and Supervision Interventions, Administrative/Logistical Considerations of Supervision, and Assessment of Supervisees and Their Practice. We discuss results and offer implications for research, practice, and training.
Acknowledgment
The authors gratefully acknowledge the expert site supervisors who participated in this study.
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Notes on contributors
Gülşah Kemer
Gülşah Kemer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Old Dominion University. She specializes in counselor training and clinical supervision. Her scholarly agenda is focused around clinical supervisors and supervisor development. She is currently studying beginning and expert clinical supervisors, particularly what supervisors think and how their thoughts inform their supervision practices. Originally from Turkey, Dr. Kemer collaborates with supervision researchers in her home country as well as colleagues in the United States.
Anita A. Neuer Colburn is a Core Faculty with Walden University’s MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program. She has developed a doctoral-level supervision course, and her supervision research is focused on best methods for training effective clinical supervisors. She has been providing pre-licensure supervision in three states for more than 10 years, and also teaches field experience at Walden. In addition to training and evaluation for new supervisors, Dr. Neuer Colburn is also interested in spiritual integration and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) advocacy in supervision and counseling.
Amber L. Pope
Amber L. Pope is the Program Chair and Associate Professor in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Hodges University in Fort Myers, Florida. Dr. Pope received her PhD in Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She received her undergraduate degree at UNC Chapel Hill in Psychology. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Qualified Supervisor in Florida. She has nine years of supervision experience with counselors-in-training at the master’s and doctoral levels. Dr. Pope is an active member of the American Counseling Association, the Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling, the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision, and other professional organizations..
Anita A. Neuer Colburn
Anita A. Neuer Colburn is a Core Faculty with Walden University’s MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program. She has developed a doctoral-level supervision course, and her supervision research is focused on best methods for training effective clinical supervisors. She has been providing pre-licensure supervision in three states for more than 10 years, and also teaches field experience at Walden. In addition to training and evaluation for new supervisors, Dr. Neuer Colburn is also interested in spiritual integration and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) advocacy in supervision and counseling.