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Group supervision in psychotherapy: The relationship between focus, group climate, and perceived attained skill
Author(s) -
Ögren MarieLouise,
Jonsson CarlOtto,
Sundin Eva C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20056
Subject(s) - psychology , supervisor , psychodynamics , focus group , focus (optics) , multilevel model , applied psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , physics , optics , marketing , political science , law , business , machine learning , computer science
This study examined supervisees and supervisors' view on focus and group climate in group supervision and their relationship with supervisees' attained skill. After supervision, supervisees completed a revised version of Buckley's measure of psychotherapeutic skill. Supervisees and supervisors' experience of focus and climate in the supervision was measured with a questionnaire, Topics and Climate (TAC). The results showed that supervisors' ratings of the extent to which different foci were used in the supervision were significantly higher compared to supervisees' ratings. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that differences in supervisor style were related to supervisees' experience of attained skill. Supervisees' experience of the degree to which focus in supervision was on psychodynamic processes was positively related to perceived attained skill, whereas focus on Theoretical aspects was negatively related. These findings underline the importance of research work with topics and group processes in group supervision. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol.