Mindfulness and Free Association for Multicultural Competence: A Model for Clinical Group Supervision

Abstract

Clinical supervision is a critical process used to foster the development of professional competencies among counselors in training (CITs) in the counseling profession. Despite the significance of clinical supervision, CITs often report nondisclosure; that is, an unwillingness to share certain information regarding their work with a client for fear of negative evaluation from their supervisor. To address this barrier, the authors of this article propose a model integrating mindfulness and free association for use in group supervision. The goal is to foster and enhance CITs self-disclosure in supervision, to increase mindful awareness, openness to feedback, and ultimately to foster multicultural competence. Implications for using this model in group supervision with CITs are discussed.

Multicultural Counselor Supervision and Perceived Differences on Client Outcome

“…For example, Goreczny et al (2015) and Kozina et al (2010) showed that as trainees undergo their training experiences, they gain more selfefficacy. Similarly, counselor self-efficacy has been determined to be an important factor to assess in multicultural supervision and counseling, due to varying levels of selfefficacy across people and potentially those from different backgrounds (Lam et al, 2013;Schauss et al, 2017). Toward this end, counselor supervisors work with supervisees to help establish multicultural attitudes, beliefs and skills that will guide them through the beginning stages of their practice, as well as throughout their careers (Fietzer et al, 2018;Morrison & Lent, 2018).…”