Students will explore in-depth a clinical supervision area of interest. The paper should be based on careful reading of a minimum of 8 current journal articles/book chapters that are conceptual or empirical. The paper should include (a) a statement of the importance of the topic to the supervision field, (b) literature review, (c) implications for the practice of supervision. The minimum 5-10 page paper must follow APA 6th edition format guidelines.
Sample of topic areas to consider:
• Supervision in a particular counseling setting (e.g., schools, residence halls, crisis intervention, mental health delivery, substance abuse treatment, play therapy,
etc.)
• Supervision of counselor working with particular clients (e.g., adolescents, older
clients, families and/or couples, substance abuse clients, group work, etc.)
• Multicultural issues in supervision (i.e., supervising international counseling
students, racial identity development and supervision, etc.)
• Peer supervision
• Group supervision
• Specific ethical and/or legal issues (e.g., vicarious liability, dual relationships,
etc.)
• Specific relationship or process issues (e.g., supervisor power, social influence in
supervision, supervisee resistance, parallel process, etc.)
• Current trends and issues in supervision