FREE Sample Group Supervision Welcome Packet

Jun 15

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For those of you who might not know or are new to My Car Is My Office, I am currently working towards my PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision (while still working full time in community mental health - the focus of this website). One of the requirements of my program, and most counseling doctoral programs, is that we have to supervise masters-level practicum and internship students individually or in a group every semester.

As I am still working towards my own license to practice independently, supervising students has been such an eye-opening and rewarding experience. Fortunately for myself and my supervisees, this means I am supported in my supervision practice by faculty, my administrative supervisor at my job, and my clinical supervisor who oversees my licensure process. This results in a multi-level dual supervision experience; I can engage in my own reflective supervision while encouraging a reflective supervision practice in my supervisees.

Lisa Asheim in the book “Practical Clinical Supervision for Counselors: An Experiential Guide” (2012) noted that “A supervisor who aims to practice competent supervision builds his knowledge about supervision as a discrete field of practice”.

With the recognition of supervision as a speciality field, I wanted to share a sample of the Group Supervision Welcome Packet that I modified from the welcome packet that I made for individual supervision.

How might students and professionals choose to use this supervision welcome packet?

Use it as a model to create your own supervision orientation material
Use it as a sample to teach masters or PhD level supervision courses.
Use it as an example to introduce the concept of group supervision.
Includes list of supplemental educational resources such as podcasts and books for counselors in training.