Best practices experienced in the supervision of counselor trainees: Toward building a framework for counselor supervision in the Philippines

• Main Author: Kuruppasseri, Ruby George
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Counseling; Counseling psychology; Counseling > Philippines; Counselors—Training of > Philippines; Counselor > Supervisor of > Philippines
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/166; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_doctoral/article/1165/viewcontent/CDTG004283_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This grounded theory study explored the current status of and the best practices on counselor supervision from the counselor trainees perspective and built a framework for counselor supervision in the Philippines. The participants were 31 supervisor-trainee dyads, supervisors (Female=27, Male=4; age range: 23 to 68, M=46) and trainees (Female=23, Male= 8; age range: 20 to 34, M=24) who were selected utilizing purposeful sampling procedure from 18 practicum/internship settings and four Universities using Supervisee Satisfaction Questionnaire (SSQ), Working Alliance Inventory (WAI-S & WAI-T), and Supervisor Emphasis Rating Form (SERF). Ten trainees were selected for in-depth interview based on the scores of the inventories. Data gathered from the transcripts of the interviews, researcher site observation notes, and memos were analyzed using the constant comparative method and subsequent open, axial, and selective coding. Peer-debriefering, inter-rating, member checking and inquiry auditing were utilized to increase the credibility of the findings of the study. The results of the study explicate the phenomena, the causal and intervening conditions, the core categories, the actions/interactions, and the consequences. The core categories that emerged are: supervision experiences, critical incidents/experiences, and the best practices experienced and the theory titled interpersonal-professional transition. The best practices proposed to build the framework are: on-site supervisor with balanced interpersonal and professional qualities, praxis-context-person oriented supervision, assignment of university-site liaison, provision for supervisor compensation, and ethical awareness. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher proposed implications for theory and practice, and recommendations for future research.