Requirements for Supervisors of Counselor Licensure Candidates in the United States

Counselor Education and Supervision: 2019 Annual Review

“…Relatedly, Wilkinson and Dewell (2019) highlighted the need for supervisors to promote the use of phenomenological approaches to assist supervisees as they develop both differentiation and integrative complexity to accurately conceptualize potential trajectories in counseling. While these conceptual articles highlighted potential areas for application, two articles focused on qualitative inquiry to explore specific techniques in the application of, and trainee experiences with, the integrative reflective model in group supervision (Stinchfield et al, 2019) and evaluation of trends in telesupervision via videoconferencing (Inman et al, 2019), both focusing on aspects of effectiveness, feedback, supervisee development, and the supervisory relationship.…”

“…Hunt (2019) highlighted a need to guide trainees to talk to supervisors or therapists rather than peers about religious concerns when relevant to the client work or personal issues. Goodman‐Scott et al (2019) examined how preservice school counselors experienced course content and activities related to students with disabilities; Field et al (2019) identified processes by which master's‐level counselors‐in‐training develop social justice counseling competencies through exposure, recognition, and action. Quantitative studies attended to training future clinicians to engage in advocacy to foster multicultural competence, using an advocacy proposal assignment as part of a multicultural counseling course to support teaching about advocacy work (Brinkman & Hirsch, 2019).…”

“…Finally, articles published related to general professional issues influencing supervision and training ( n = 27, 19%) included (a) licensure issues in supervision, (b) advocacy, (c) identity development, (d) gatekeeping and remediation, and (e) general scale development (e.g., Cureton et al, 2019). Licensure issues were addressed across two qualitative articles in two separate journals this year, qualitatively evaluating state requirements for supervisors to be eligible to provide supervision as well as highlighting a reduction in the number of states that lack specialty licenses or requirements for supervisors (Field et al, 2019), whereas the other article focused on rules and laws across 53 licensing jurisdictions, indicating a lack of consistency in supervisory guidelines (Henriksen et al, 2019).…”