The Reflecting Team Model Used for Clinical Group Supervision Without Clients Present

Abstract

An approach to group supervision, applying reflecting team, is described. Interview data showing how the approach is practiced recently are presented and analyzed qualitatively, and the results are discussed in relation to the original approach. The conclusion is that there are many pitfalls in using reflecting teams in supervision, and that following the original approach may guard against these pitfalls, but that some revisions may be needed. Supervisors, supervisees, and reflecting team members are all generally satisfied with the approach, but it remains to be established to what extent it contributes to therapist development.

Experienced supervisors' view on clinical group supervision with student therapists

“…It was also seen as important that supervisors do not dominate the discussion with own points of view. The use of role playing and the use of reflecting team (Reichelt & Skjerve, 2012) were seen by many to be particularly valuable tools in the striving to make use of the group resources. Finally, active reflection on other cases than those which the supervisee her-or himself was responsible for was seen as strengthening the learning process.…”

‘Somebody Watching You’: Impact of Reflecting Teams on Hope in Couple Relationships

“…RTs are used in clinical work with numerous populations such as patients presenting with somatic complaints (Griffith et al, 1992), children (Lax, 1989), parental illness (Dale & Altschuler, 1999), and couples (Egeli, Brar, Larsen, & Yohani, 2014) to name a few. RTs have been used for live supervision (Cohen et al, 1998), as an adjunct to group supervision (Prest, Darden, & Keller, 1990;Reichelt & Skjerve, 2013), for training family therapists (Young et al, 1997(Young et al, , 1989, to create cohesion in multidisciplinary teams (Garven, 2011), and in the community (Swim, Priest, & Mikawa, 2013). One curious aspect of RTs is the lack of research about their effectiveness (Fishel et al, 2010) and about what makes a good reflection (Weingarten, 2016).…”

Integrative Reflective Model of Group Supervision: Practicum Students' Experiences

“…The supervisor and supervisee process the observations from the groups' observations. It is important to recall the reflecting team/group members are not taking an all-knowing stance and, thus, offer reflections that may be helpful to the supervisee without the intent of offering solutions (Reichlet & Skjerve, 2013). Kleist and Hill (2003) extended reflection in supervision to a reflective model of triadic supervision.…”