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The unsaid: In‐depth accounts of non‐disclosures in supervision from the trainees’ perspective
Author(s) -
SinghPillay Neeshi,
Cartwright Duncan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
counselling and psychotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1746-1405
pISSN - 1473-3145
DOI - 10.1002/capr.12203
Subject(s) - unsaid , perspective (graphical) , interpretative phenomenological analysis , psychology , supervisor , clinical supervision , perception , identity (music) , power (physics) , medical education , psychotherapist , qualitative research , medicine , sociology , management , social science , physics , communication , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science , acoustics , economics
Aim This study explores trainees’ subjective experiences and perceptions of non‐disclosure in clinical supervision, offering a rich, detailed understanding of non‐disclosure from the trainees’ perspective. Method Eight trainees were interviewed, and transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ( IPA ). Findings Four super‐ordinate themes were identified and form the focus of this paper: (a) Purposeful non‐disclosures (b) Factors that prevent and facilitate trainee disclosures (c) Learning from the supervisor and (d) The implications for the trainee's learning and therapy. Conclusion/Implications Exploring the issue of non‐disclosures from the trainees’ perspective reveals that the “cycle of non‐disclosure” in clinical supervision can be understood as part of a subversive power dynamic in service of self‐preservation and protection of the vulnerable “trainee self.” The underlying dynamics related to power relations were also strongly associated with perceptions of knowledge and professional identity.