The supervisor provides: ~ Nonjudgmental support ~ Uses a counseling, therapeutic approach addressing feelings thoughts and actions that may impede the supervisees professional performance ~ Is consultative with self-evaluation an exploration ~ Employs self supervision Structures Underlying Development ~ Autonomy ~ Self and other awareness ~ Motivation

1. 3 Stages of
Supervisor & Supervisee
Development
Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD
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2. Objectives
 Review the stages of supervisor and supervisee
development
 Forming
 Storming
 Norming
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3. Supervisor and Supervisee Development
The supervisor provides:
 Nonjudgmental support
 Uses a counseling, therapeutic approach
addressing feelings thoughts and actions that may
impede the supervisees professional performance
 Is consultative with self-evaluation an exploration
 Employs self supervision
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4. Structures Underlying Development
 Autonomy
 Self and other awareness
 Motivation
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5. Development
 Phase 1: Childhood: supervisor creates a safe
place for supervisee to explore new techniques
 Phase 2: Adolescence: alternating between
exploration into new areas and retreating to the
safety of home
 Phase 3: Adulthood: mutual interdependence
between supervisor and supervisee built on the
foundation of basic universal values such as faith,
hope, love, peace and respect
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6. Developmental Stages
 Counselor Level 1 “Forming”
 Characterized by: high dependence on others, lack of self
and other awareness, categorical thinking, high motivation
and commitment to work
 Plagued by feelings of anxiety and driven by the desire to do
it right
 And formulate clinical concepts on the basis of a single
aspect of the client history
 Practice by formulas such as “All clients in early recovery are
__________"
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7. Developmental Stages
 Do not know how to formulate treatment plans
 Cannot visualize and articulate therapeutic process from intake
through intervention to termination
 The supervisor environment is one that encourages autonomy of
providing instruction support and modeling within a structured
setting
 The primary responsibility of supervisors for level 1 counselors
is to protect client needs at all times while encouraging risk-
taking by the counselor
 To facilitate growth a supervisor should introduce the
counselor to ambiguity and conflict
 It is imperative that supervisors working with level 1
counselors take into account the supervisees learning style
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8. Developmental Stages
 Counselor Level 2 "Storming"
 Realizing that cannot save the world, level two counselors become
frustrated by their inability to solve difficult problems
 Characterized by: Vacillating between autonomy and dependence,
more self-aware of self and others, and consistently motivated
 Although level 2 counselors have more skills and tools, they often
do not know which tools to use with which client or why
 Often vacillates between rejecting advice and assistance to
desperately wanting to be comforted and protected
 Level 2 counselors can empathize excessively with the client
 Level 2 counselors progress in a cyclical rather than linear fashion
regressing at times to earlier developmental issues
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9. Developmental Stages
 Counselor Level 3 "Norming"
 Involves establishing one's own therapy model and
normalizing that approach in a range of clinical
situations
 Characterized by: secure autonomy, awareness and
acceptance of self and others, stable motivation
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10. Developmental Stages
 Supervisors: Level 1 "Forming"
 Displays a mechanistic approach
 Place a strong expert role
 Depends on own supervisor
 Is moderately to highly structured
 Is invested in trainees adopting their own model
 Has trouble with level 2 counselors
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11. Developmental Stages
 Supervisors: Level 2 "Storming"
 Displays confusion, conflict issues
 Sees supervision and counseling as more complex,
multidimensional
 Focuses on supervisee (instead of client)
 Loses objectivity (lack of self/supervisee
differentiation)
 Blames supervisee for supervisor’s problems
(boundaries)
 Has fluctuating motivation (not yet embraced the
benefits)
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12. Developmental Stages
 Supervisors: Level 3 "Norming"
 Functions autonomously
 Displays self and supervisee awareness
 Differentiates boundaries and roles
 Able to supervise at all times
 Prefers to work with a certain level of counselor
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13. Discussion
 It is our duty to ensure counselors remaining in
the field are competent with regard to
 Personal characteristics
 Philosophical foundations
 Communication abilities
 Counseling skills
 Administrative skills
 Ethical behaviors
For each of the above, identify 3 competencies in
each area, how you would assess them and ways
you can help supervisees enhance them.
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14. Summary
 Forming is akin to the developmental stage of a young child
 Skills development
 High dependence on supervisor
 Rigidity/concreteness in application
 Storming is akin to the teenage years
 Finding their individuality as a clinician/supervisor
 Vacillates between independence and dependence
 Can easily get overwhelmed—Difficulty with boundaries
 Norming
 Has found their identity as a therapist/supervisor
 More flexible
 Better able to take multiple perspectives
 More effective at balancing multiple demands of the client/counselor/agency
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