Adlerian-informed supervision: Protecting counselors from burnout and improving client outcomes in the juvenile justice system.

Abstract

Mental health professionals working in the juvenile justice system work with clients who have complex mental health needs putting them at increased risk of burnout and vicarious trauma. Clinical supervision can help beginning counselors provide competent services and, at the same time, protect them from burnout. This article shows how supervisors can use an Adlerian-informed supervision method that integrates the Respectfully Curious Inquiry/Therapeutic Encouragement (RCI/TE) framework with the discrimination model of supervision to increase the supervisee’s experience of the Crucial Cs. Supervisors can protect supervisees from burnout and vicarious trauma by increasing feelings of connection, significance, competence, and courage.

Introduction to the special section: Supervision in publicly funded settings: Best practices.

“…The articles included in this special section spotlight the experience of burnout dilemma in clinical supervision, an ever-important topic to assess and manage throughout one's trainees and one's own career (Simionato & Simpson, 2018). The research of McCarty et al (2023) contained in this special section provides lessons on implementing an Alderian-informed supervision method integrating the Respectfully Curious Inquiry/Therapeutic Encouragement (RCI/TE) framework with the discrimination model of supervision to grow supervisees' competency and protect them from burnout.…”

“…Our collection of articles explores the various forms of clinical supervision in publicly funded settings. They include integrating three low burden multicomponent supervision approaches, a Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model (Ogbeide et al, 2023), metacognitive reflection and insight therapy, use of an Adlerian-informed supervision method that integrates the Respectfully Curious Inquiry/Therapeutic Encouragement (RCI/TE) framework, and Heron’s Six Category Intervention Framework (Hamm et al, 2023; McCarty et al, 2023; McMahon et al, 2023; Schriger et al, 2023). Furthermore, this special section applies to various demographics of supervisees, clients, and supervisee–client dyads including the military culture setting, youth with publicly funded insurance, clients with psychosis, trainees with disabilities, and frontline staff at nonprofit organizations (Dawson & Chunga, 2023; Hamm et al, 2023; Reddy et al, 2023; Schriger et al, 2023; Wilbur et al, 2023).…”

“…Furthermore, this special section applies to various demographics of supervisees, clients, and supervisee–client dyads including the military culture setting, youth with publicly funded insurance, clients with psychosis, trainees with disabilities, and frontline staff at nonprofit organizations (Dawson & Chunga, 2023; Hamm et al, 2023; Reddy et al, 2023; Schriger et al, 2023; Wilbur et al, 2023). Barriers tackled include administrative and fiscal challenges, reduced availability of supervisors, and burnout in highly traumatized environments (Dawson & Chunga, 2023; McCarty et al, 2023; Schriger et al, 2023). Finally, these diverse clinical frameworks of distinct supervisor–supervisee–client pairings foster increasing feelings of connection, clinical competence, disability-affirmative training environments, supervisee self-awareness and self-efficacy, and increased antiracism in supervision (McCarty et al, 2023; McDonald et al, 2023; Wilbur et al, 2023).…”

“…Barriers tackled include administrative and fiscal challenges, reduced availability of supervisors, and burnout in highly traumatized environments (Dawson & Chunga, 2023; McCarty et al, 2023; Schriger et al, 2023). Finally, these diverse clinical frameworks of distinct supervisor–supervisee–client pairings foster increasing feelings of connection, clinical competence, disability-affirmative training environments, supervisee self-awareness and self-efficacy, and increased antiracism in supervision (McCarty et al, 2023; McDonald et al, 2023; Wilbur et al, 2023).…”