Although group supervision is practiced extensively, research on the subject remains scant. This study identified group supervision phenomena that hinder learning. Counseling and counseling psychology graduate students identified 61 group supervision experiences that they felt interfered with their learning. Then, 14 of the 49 original participants sorted the 61 phenomena on the basis of similarity. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify 5 types of hindering phenomena: between-member problems, problems with supervisors, supervisee anxiety and other perceived negative affects, logistical constraints, and poor group time management. Implications for supervisors, supervisees, and training programs are discussed. KAREN CHICCA ENYEDY received her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California. She is a therapist at The HELP Group, a community mental health center in Sherman Oaks, CA. Her area of research is adolescent mental health. FERDINAND ARCINUE received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California. He is a postdoctoral fellow at Pasadena City College. His areas of research are supervision and men's issues. NEERA NIJHAWAN PURI received her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California. She is a therapist in the Counseling Center at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on telemedicine, Asian American mental health, and women's issues. JOHN W. CARTER received his BA in religion from Pomona College and is now at the University of Southern California in the Division of Counseling Psychology. His areas of research are supervision, schizophrenia, and emotion theory. RODNEY K. GOODYEAR received his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a professor and training director in the Counseling Psychology Program at the University of Southern California. His research areas are training and supervision, the counseling process, and the use of test interpretation as an intervention. MICHELE A. GETZELMAN is a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology at the University of Southern California. Her research includes chemical dependency issues as well as supervision and training.
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