Multicultural Streaming in Group Psychotherapy Supervision: Orientation to and Preparation for Culturally Humble Practice

Watkins, C. Edward; Toyama, Shiho; Briones, Melissa; Gaskin-Cole, Gabriella; Zuniga, Sabrina; Yoon, Julian; Hwang, Hannah; Hasan, Faraha; Doty, Dominique; Harker, Justin R.; Hook, Joshua N.; Wang, Chiachih D. C.; Wilcox, Melanie M.

doi:10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20210021

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“…Watkins, Toyama, et al (2022) pointed to the curriculum on multicultural and social justice (MSJ) as a neglected area of focus in training programs. They believe that diversifying the clinical curriculum is needed to address the ever-diversifying clients and to advance multicultural competence among clinical trainees.…”

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“…This plan includes essential components such as (a) being cognizant that culture extends throughout therapy and to consistently use a MSJ lens to conceptualize client material, (b) involving oneself in activities that increase personal self-awareness of culture and impact on others, (c) read and discuss articles that underscore the significance of culture in the work with clients, (d) watching videos that address the MSJ in the process of therapy, and (e) keeping the focus throughout on the specific cultural aspects that were identified as primary to meet the overall goals. By developing this plan to deeply infuse culture into clinical education and training, Watkins, Toyama, et al (2022) hoped to generate “further discussion about integrating MSJ issues into the group supervisory experience” (p. 129).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While both of these studies centered on participants' experiences in individual supervision, there is no reason to believe that the findings would be any less important-and, as already discussed here, cultural discussions, cultural humility, and cultural comfort may be more important-in group supervision. Watkins, Toyama, et al (2022) pointed to the curriculum on multicultural and social justice (MSJ) as a neglected area of focus in training programs. They believe that diversifying the clinical curriculum is needed to address the ever-diversifying clients and to advance multicultural competence among clinical trainees.…”

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Beyond the dyad: Broadening the APA supervision guidelines to include group supervision.

Riva,

Smith

2024

Psychotherapy

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Group supervision is an extensively used format across many training agencies, yet it has been largely disregarded in theory and research within the supervision literature. In fact, the Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology (American Psychological Association, 2015a) mentions group supervision only one time, despite the fact that supervision within a group context includes competencies and considerations that are both unique and essential to the effective and ethical practice of group supervision. Because supervision conducted with multiple supervisees is multilayered and-as a resultmore complex, group supervisors need to develop special skills that go beyond the supervision dyad. This article looks to the literature on supervision-both individual and group modalities-and on group psychotherapy to highlight the practices and processes that set group supervision apart. Building upon the seven supervision competencies outlined by the American Psychological Association (Supervisor Competence; Diversity; Supervisory Relationship; Professionalism; Assessment/Evaluation/Feedback; Professional Competence Problems; and Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Considerations), which currently concentrate exclusively on individual supervision, we extend each area to include distinct features of group supervision. We include recommendations for supervisor training and for the application of effective group supervision practices, as well as ideas on how best to approach the formal adoption of group supervision guidelines for psychotherapists. Our hope is that, either in a revision of the Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology or in a freestanding supplement to the Guidelines, guidance for group supervision will be more explicitly included. Clinical Impact StatementQuestion: How is clinical group supervision unique from clinical supervision conducted within a dyad? Findings: Group supervision, widely practiced, has important differences with individual supervision that have implications for effective and ethical training and practice. Meaning: Supervisors should consider the multitude of important complexities and strengths that occur in group supervision that go beyond individual supervision such as group dynamics, the supervisor and member relationships, the purpose, feedback to and evaluations of group supervisees to name a few. Next Steps: Ongoing research is needed on effective practices of group supervision and an expansion of the supervision competencies, or a new set of guidelines crafted that center on group supervision.

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Section: Domain B: Diversitymentioning

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Section: Domain B: Diversitymentioning

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Beyond the dyad: Broadening the APA supervision guidelines to include group supervision.

Riva,

Smith

2024

Psychotherapy

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“…Pero para que todo eso importe y se integre significativamente en el proceso de supervisión de la psicoterapia, «... corresponde al supervisor abrir el diálogo sobre la cultura ...» (Bandstra et al, 2019, p. 294). Como supervisores, nosotros vamos primero para introducir la humildad cultural en la relación de supervisión desde el principio como una forma de abrir ese diálogo (Watkins et al, 2019a(Watkins et al, , 2019b2022a, 2022b.…”

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Incorporación de la humildad cultural y las pautas de humildad cultural en la relación de supervisión de la psicoterapia: Un compromiso y una promesa

Watkins

2023

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¿Cómo nosotros, como supervisores de psicoterapia, integramos de manera más efectiva una postura culturalmente humilde en la experiencia de supervisión? Se necesitan ejemplos concretos de cómo abordar mejor esa integración. A continuación, proporciono un ejemplo de ello, la incorporación de pautas de humildad cultural en el acuerdo de supervisión y la relación de supervisión desde su inicio. Esta incorporación de pautas tiene tres propósitos: (a) poner en primer plano la humildad cultural en mi práctica como supervisor, haciendo un compromiso y una promesa a mis supervisados de que yo, como su supervisor, siempre me esforzaré por abordar nuestro trabajo desde una postura culturalmente humilde; b) introducir y orientar a los supervisados y prepararlos mejor para la incorporación de la humildad cultural en su propia práctica terapéutica; y c) idealmente galvanizar y profundizar la constante evolución de su sentido de humildad cultural a medida que avanza esa práctica. Se define la humildad cultural y se propone un conjunto de pautas de humildad cultural centradas en el supervisor y adaptadas a la supervisión. Esta perspectiva se presenta con la esperanza de generar una mayor discusión sobre la integración de la humildad cultural en la relación de supervisión de la psicoterapia y animar y vigorizar su práctica.

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“…Increased buy-in, and a softening or decentering of the power differentials present (Kleist, 2021), can also occur if supervisor and supervisees work collaboratively (a cultural opportunity) to develop norms on which the group can agree, as was the case in this example highlighting cultural humility (cf. Watkins et al, 2021). The group’s developed norms, which capture the group members’ core cultural-relational ideas, ideally present the concept of cultural humility in a much more concrete, tangible way, show its practical applicability, and serve as a ready reference point for group supervision guidance; the norms reflected in this example were also easily linked to another MCO component, cultural comfort.…”

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Extending multicultural orientation to the group supervision of psychotherapy: Practical applications.

Watkins¹,

Hook²,

DeBlaere³

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The multicultural orientation (MCO) framework, which has shown empirical promise as a pragmatic way to enhance cultural understandings in psychotherapy, appears equally important for psychotherapy supervision: Emerging conceptual/practical work and a bourgeoning base of empirical studies support MCO's contribution to supervision processes and outcomes. However, virtually all such MCO supervision focus has been on individual supervision. We maintain that MCO, an additive perspective to the attitudes/beliefs domain of the Multicultural Counseling Competencies framework, is just as pertinent for the group supervision of psychotherapy. Because (a) most supervisees receive group supervision at some point; (b) group supervision can be an economical way to address multicultural and social justice issues; and (c) MCO appears to be a fruitful perspective for enhancing cultural understandings, the integration of MCO into group supervision of psychotherapy is a logical next step in advancing multicultural supervision practice. Clinical Impact StatementMulticultural orientation (MCO), consisting of cultural humility, cultural comfort, and cultural opportunities, can be fruitfully applied to the group supervision of psychotherapy. Illustrating that application, three group supervision vignettes are presented, and accompanying commentary is provided.

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Multicultural Streaming in Group Psychotherapy Supervision: Orientation to and Preparation for Culturally Humble Practice

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Beyond the dyad: Broadening the APA supervision guidelines to include group supervision.

Beyond the dyad: Broadening the APA supervision guidelines to include group supervision.

Incorporación de la humildad cultural y las pautas de humildad cultural en la relación de supervisión de la psicoterapia: Un compromiso y una promesa

Extending multicultural orientation to the group supervision of psychotherapy: Practical applications.

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