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The Supervision Experience 

Supervision helps you lay a solid foundation in professional skill development and put into practice the concepts you have learned in graduate school.  Your internship is a tremendous period of professional growth--a time for you to translate academic skills into real world application.  Through supervision you will hone your professional skills through a variety of activities. 

Supervision is intended to accumulate experience and as you do so develop your professional skills in areas that may have only been touched upon in your academic life. As you gain knowledge I will encourage you to apply it in sessions with your clients. The process is intended to take the confusion out of new experiences and encourage mastery of professional standard practices.

Just as it is important for clients to find their footing with your assistance, overtime you will find your individual style of counseling assisted in supervision.  I hope to help you on your journey--providing the tools you will need along the way.

Now Accepting Supervisee Applications

Qualifying applicants should be able to show a history of initiative, interest, and intent to keep the professional code of ethics.  You will be responsible for meeting requirements for LPC-Intern licensure, submitting the application and fee to the state board, and obtaining your client load through an employer. At this time I cannot offer you a client-base, nor see clients from my office. 

During weekly meetings we will work on topics such as:

- A review of your cases, issues that may come up, case conception, and execution of therapeutic method

- We may use a supervision technique called Interpersonal Process Recall which is an in-depth look at a specific session (with consent from the client)

- Professional ethics, ethical dilemmas and legal issues in counseling

- Review and develop your therapeutic skills: therapeutic alliance, conceptualizing cases, identifying appropriate level of care, creating treatment plans, and tracking progress

- Review of case notes and documentation

- Facilitate your skill development by rating sessions using microskills in therapy in order to identify your strengths and weaknesses and building up your weaknesses through weekly assignments

- Professional theoretical orientation development

- Facilitate exposure to several evidence-based therapeutic techniques

Your Qualities:

Several research studies have found that the following supervisee attributes facilitate successful supervision [brackets mine]:

   Personal, theoretical and clinical flexibility             Habit of developing professional knowledge

   Receptivity to feedback                                            Introspection

   Psychological-mindedness                                       Openness

   Interest and desire                                                    Motivation and initiative 

    Eagerness and enthusiasm                                      Dependability

   Interpersonal curiosity                                              Empathy

   Willingness to risk [appropriately]                            Intellectual openness

   Willingness to grow                                                 Active participation in supervision session

   Takes responsibility for consequences of                 Respect for individual differences                                    own behavior

   Has understanding of personal dynamics

(Berger & Buchholz, 1993; Rodenhauser, Rudisill & Painter, 1989; Vespia, Heckman-Stone & Delworth, 2002)       

Debra Crown has completed the LPC supervision requirements through University of Houston Continuing Education and received Board Certification as an LPC-Superviser.