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Counselor Experience Related to Complexity of Case Conceptualization and Supervision Preference
Author(s) -
Ladany Nicholas,
Marotta Sylvia,
MuseBurke Janet L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2001.tb01253.x
Subject(s) - conceptualization , psychology , practicum , preference , supervisor , counselor education , style (visual arts) , social psychology , applied psychology , pedagogy , higher education , computer science , archaeology , artificial intelligence , political science , law , economics , history , microeconomics
The authors investigated the relationship among trainees' counseling experience, familiarity with specific client symptomatology, case conceptualization integrative complexity (i.e., the ability to differentiate and integrate knowledge related to specific client symptomatology), and preference for supervisor style. Data from 100 beginning practicum to intern‐level counselor trainees revealed that general trainee experience and familiarity with specific client symptomatology were related to trainee case conceptualization integrative complexity. However, contrary to developmental models of counselor supervision, neither trainee experience, familiarity with specific symptomatology, nor trainee case conceptualization integrative complexity significantly predicted preference for supervisor style.