Narrative Supervision: Interview the supervisor

New counselors often look to their supervisor for guidance on how to deal with a situation. Rather than giving information upon request (thus perpetuating a disproportional relationship), the supervisee can interview the supervisor about his or her experiences. This allows the supervisee to decide which questions to ask the supervisor and what insights will be used. Thus, the supervisee is put into a position of power and shared role of expert. This also reinforces how there are many different views and approaches to any one thing. The supervisor is just one perspective (as emphasized by the interview), which leads to the question, what other sources are out there that might be beneficial?

The video starts as Caroline finishes telling about a concern she is having working with a client. Travis offers to be interviewed (the content of which is eliminated due to time).

Acting credits:
Supervisee: Caroline Perjessey, M.Ed., LPC
Supervisor: Travis W. Schermer, MS, LPC, NCC (supervisor)

Collaborator:
Michelle Gimenez Hinkle, M.A., LPC

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Narrative Supervision
• Counselor Education
• Counselor Supervision