Counseling Supervision

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This paper explains that the purpose of counseling supervision is to safeguard the client by promoting the development and well-being of the counselor, monitoring the counselor's work, and training the counselor. The author points out that the systems approach model is built on seven dimensions, including the institution, the supervisor, the functions of supervision, the supervision relationship, the client, the trainee, and the tasks of supervision. The paper relates that the supervision must always be vigilant, fair, and thorough, with supervisors always staying in contact with their supervisees, lest the pressure and drama associated with a myriad of client personality types take the supervisees into an unreal situation regarding therapy.

Table of Contents
The Purposes and Roles of Supervision
Introduction to Holloway's Systems Approach Model (SAS)
Systems Approach Model
Tasks of Supervision
The Functions of Supervision
Goals
Ethics and Responsibilities

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"In the book, "Clinical Supervision: A Systems Approach" (Holloway, 1995), the author lays out the fact that "supervision is among the most complex of all activities associated with the practice of psychology". Additionally, Holloway (2-3) asserts that "clinical supervision" "which takes place between two individuals, one the supervisor, one the supervisee, who meet on a regular schedule to discuss clinical and professional issues" goes deeper to the heart of the needs of the counselor than administrative supervision. In short, clinical supervision concentrates on developing the supervisee's skills, offers support for and helps frame the vision of the supervisee. Administrative supervision is about paperwork, recruiting, delegating and "acting as a change agent within the organization"."

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