A Description of a Supervisory Group for Group Counselors

Abstract

The authors present a case example and evaluation of group counselor supervision. Experiential client‐centered and didactic techniques were used to achieve supervision goals within a developmental framework.

The Supervision of Group Work Model: Adapting the Discrimination Model for Supervision of Group Workers

“…In addition, group supervision of group work and supervision of co-leader pairs call for the supervisor to facilitate exploration of co-leader and supervision group relationships. Several authors discuss the importance of supervisors acting as process and relationship facilitators in these contexts (Christensen & Kline, 2000Newman & Lovell, 1993). Since the group work supervisor may guide exploration of supervisees' internal experiences and the collective emotional and relational experiences of co-leader pairs and supervision groups, this role is conceptualized as the ''counselor=facilitator role'' in the SGW model rather than ''counselor role.''…”

“…Although most literature regarding supervision focuses on individual counseling, some authors have presented models specifically oriented toward supervision of group work (Altfeld & Bernard, 1997;DeLuciaWaack, 2002DeLuciaWaack, , 1999Haag Granello & Underfer-Babalis, 2004;Newman & Lovell, 1993). Altfeld & Bernard (1997) and Newman & Lovell (1993) both describe processes for group supervision of group work, but they do not include content related to group work skills, conceptualization, and personalization.…”

“…Altfeld & Bernard (1997) and Newman & Lovell (1993) both describe processes for group supervision of group work, but they do not include content related to group work skills, conceptualization, and personalization. The models presented by DeLucia-Waack (2002) and Haag Granello and Underfer-Babalis (2004) focus on the needs of group 114 THE JOURNAL FOR SPECIALISTS IN GROUP WORK / June 2006 work supervisees but do not provide a descriptive structure for supervisors.…”

“…The explosive growth of group work in the United States has led to increasing discussion of the challenges of training group leaders (Christensen & Kline, 2001;Conyne, Wilson, & Ward, 1997;Newman & Lovell, 1993). One of the issues presented in recent group work literature is the role of supervision in the development of group workers.…”

The Experiences of Expert Group Work Supervisors: An Exploratory Study

“…Some authors, though, have presented models specifically oriented towards supervision of group work. Altfeld and Bernard presented an experiential model of group supervision that focused on concepts of object relations, group-as-a-whole, and gestalt theory, while Newman and Lovell (1993) presented a model of group supervision focused on multiple levels of interactions and parallel process. The models presented by DeLucia-Waack (2002) and Granello and Underfer-Babelis (2004) focused on the needs of group work supervisees.…”