Don't watch me: Not bringing session recordings to supervision

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Book Chapter

Publication Date

2021

Department/School

Leadership and Counseling

Publication Title

Critical Incidents in Counselor Education: Teaching, Supervision, Scholarship, Leadership, and Advocacy

Abstract

According to the ACA Code of Ethics (American Counseling Association (ACA)) it is crucial that counselor education programs infuse ethical and professional development into every course. Many beginning supervisees are reluctant to share recorded client sessions during supervision, a disinclination often shared by site supervisors who are understandably busy. Ethical violations become predictable when self-serving motivations are the cause of deviations from standard practice. Avarice, greed, expediency, and a blindness to everything except what benefits the self can occur among mental health professionals. Thus, gatekeeping is crucial. Effective supervision requires access to factual documentation rather than reliance on self-report. Supervisors should be cautious about assigning motives too early or pathologizing supervisee resistance; however, they are responsible for holding supervisees accountable for discussing cases and showing session recordings so they can monitor supervisee development and ensure client welfare.

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D. D. Choudhuri is a faculty member in EMU's Department of Leadership and Counseling.

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