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Informing supervision practice through research: A narrative inquiry
Author(s) -
Crocket Kathie,
Pentecost Mandy,
Cresswell Robyn,
Paice Cushla,
Tollestrup Deirdre,
de Vries Margreet,
Wolfe Rachel
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1080/14733140802688936
Subject(s) - reflexivity , transparency (behavior) , narrative , psychology , qualitative research , narrative inquiry , clinical supervision , medical education , engineering ethics , pedagogy , sociology , psychotherapist , medicine , political science , social science , linguistics , philosophy , law , engineering
Intention: This study focused on questions of whether and how clients benefit from supervision. As practitioner research, the study was intended to shape the researchers’ own supervision practice. Method: The qualitative approach was based on interviews with a small number of experienced practitioners about their supervision experiences. The findings are presented in the form of reflexive stories, told by each researcher. Findings: In these stories the researchers tell how engagement with experienced practitioners’ accounts of their past supervision shaped the hopes and intentions the researchers hold for their future supervision. Implications for practice: The stories suggest there are therapeutic benefits in an ethic of transparency that provides for practices that overtly carry stories in both directions between counselling and supervision.