Supervision within the Counseling Context

After reading the article Association for Counselors Education and Supervision (ACES) (1995), noted this association integrated the principles for counseling supervisors into the 2005 ACA Code of Ethics. Furthermore, ACES is part of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and follows their ethical principles and general codes throughout the mental health community. Therefore, ACES (1995) states counseling supervisor does a variety of task not specifically to their job titles. Some of the responsibilities of the counseling supervisor may include administrative supervision, clinical supervision, or both. According to the ethical guidelines: 1.) Client Welfare and Rights “states the obligation of supervisors is to ensure that new professionals are trained correctly so that they may safeguard and respect client’s information. According to this supervisor can theoretically be held accountable for any careless actions involving the new learner. However, Nelson et al (2000) stated, although the ethical guidelines of (1995) were in place some mental health counselors offer new learners supervision without proper training associated to the steps of the supervision practice, supervisor’s functions, and the requirements of the trainee. Moreover, because of this type of training it can confuse a new professional on what to do when it comes to his or her time to be a supervisor to the next professional in line.

Individual supervision is a method preferred by most professional if not all. It is a method where the trainee receives the undivided attention of the supervisors. According to Milne & Oliver (2000) “In a survey of 868 approved supervisors and 299 of their supervisees in the State one to one supervision was rated the most effective ...

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...t to my development as a counselor is that I wouldn’t need to feel uncomfortable working side by side with a supervisor that is always on edge and does not want to take the time to understand what it is you are trying to convey.

Works Cited

Ethical guidelines for counseling supervisors. (1995). Counselor Education & Supervision, 34(3), 270. Accessed from http://web.ebscohost.com.library.capella.edu/ehost
Milne, D., & Oliver, V. (2000). Flexible formats of clinical supervision: Description, evaluation and implementation. Journal of Mental Health, 9(3), 291-304. Accessed from http://web.ebscohost.com.library.capella.edu/ehost
Nelson, M. D., Johnson, P., & Thorngren, J. M. (2000). An Integrated Approach for Supervising Mental Health Counseling Interns. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 22(1), 45. Accessed from http://web.ebscohost.com.library.capella.edu/ehost