Counselor Trainees’ Experiences in Triadic Supervision: A Qualitative Exploration of Transcendent Themes

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“…Involving all supervisors and instructors who have past interactions with the supervisees, as well as those that will be supervising can help in the matching process. Consideration of supervisees' skill level, emotional maturity, and general psychological well-being is crucial in creating healthy, functioning triads that do not become immersed in power struggles or remediation work that become roadblocks to the goal of successful client work (Stinchfield et al, 2010). In this study, supervisors' experiences show that when triads are not picked with intentionality much of the focus in supervision is solely on relationship building…”

“…Specifically, the supervisor's power, combined with the social or academic power potentially held by a higher-functioning supervisee seemed to affect relationship dynamics and the balance of time spent focused on each supervisee (Hein & Lawson, 2008;& Stinchfield et al, 2010).…”

“…As such, numerous researchers (Borders et al, 2012;Goldberg et al, 2012;Hein & Lawson, 2008;Stinchfield et al, 2010) identified overall structure as a major concern among the majority of supervisors and…”

“…Stinchfield et al (2010) discovered triadic supervision fostered a degree of trust among the participants that often led to meaningful and productive working relationships. As a result, members of the triads were able to understand the perspectives of the others and did not have to defend or explain themselves.…”

“…Several promising models of triadic supervision have emerged in the counseling field Overall, several empirical studies Goldberg et al, 2012;Stinchfield, Hill, & Kleist, 2010) have identified a number of advantages, although challenges…”