A Womanist Supervision Framework for Promoting Anti-Racist Therapy with Black Women

A counselor’s anti-racist disposition is particularly needed for Black woman clients due to unique treatment needs. Womanist values and pedagogy are used to develop a culturally-responsive supervision framework encompassing key themes of anti-racist supervisee development such as critical consciousness development, awareness of power dynamics, social justice activism and honoring the cultural self. Womanist pedagogy, previously used in K-12 schools, prioritizes the community orientation of maternal care to promote the survival of Black people in oppressive systems. A call to action for counselor educators is introduced for the promotion of an anti-racist supervisee disposition. Keywords: anti-racist, supervision, Womanist, critical consciousness

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Supervision Using Play Therapy and Experiential Techniques

The focus of this chapter is to provide an overview of a trauma-informed approach to supervision using play therapy approaches. Given the widespread impact of trauma, there is an increasing urgency for therapists to adopt trauma-informed approaches. The necessity of trauma-informed supervision ensures that the current and future generations of clinicians are trained about trauma to ensure the well-being of not only the profession but also the public. The supervisory relationship is an emotional safe and supportive place in which supervisees develop clinical competency, identity as a professional, and self-care. The use of experiential activities provides an avenue for the transformative processes inherent in supervisee development.

Systemic Dual-Developmental Supervision

Counseling programs utilize supervision to train ethical and effective professionals. Faculty supervisors may incorporate systemic interventions into their supervision of students from mental health, school counseling, and marriage and family therapy tracks, as students may encounter systemic clients in their tenure as therapists. Further, many existing supervision models focus on supervisee development and neglect the developmental considerations of supervisors. The systemic dual-developmental supervision model integrates systemic supervision to address the developmental needs of not only the supervisee but the supervisor as well.