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Supervision as the Signature Pedagogy for Counseling Leadership

“…Although research on counseling leadership is relatively new, the counseling profession's literature on leadership has decidedly increased over the past decade (McKibben et al, 2017a). This documented growth is arguably timely, given the increased emphasis on preparing professional counselors across all specialties to serve as a leader, whether that be in a counseling and supervisory relationship, community, or the counseling profession (Chang et al, 2012;Storlie et al, 2019). To date, the developing body of literature on counseling leadership has addressed theory, context, development, and actions of counseling leadership foci (Chang et al, 2012;Gibson, 2016;Gibson et al, 2018;McKibben et al, 2017b;Peters et al, in press;Peters et al, 2018;Storlie et al, 2015;Wahesh & Myers, 2014).…”

“…More recently, scholars have suggested that counseling leadership can and should be included in supervision (Evans et al, 2016;Lockard et al, 2014;Storlie et al, 2019). McKibben et al (2017b) further encouraged the use of "intentional training with targeted learning outcomes that provide tangible leadership skills" (p. 62).…”

“…Regardless of the theory, philosophy, or principles underlying leadership, Gibson (2016) contended that "reliance on experts, experienced guides, supervisors, teachers, mentors, and/or faculty" (p. 34) was essential in the development of counseling leadership and that this required "expert information and direct supervision" (p. 36). There have been several supervision frameworks that have been specifically developed through which the supervision of counseling leadership is centered (Bedford & Gehlert, 2013;Peters & Luke, in review;Storlie et al, 2019). Storlie et al (2019) noted that "there is only one partial reference to supervisors' intentional use of leadership skills" (p. 2) within the 2011 consensus document developed by the ACES Taskforce on Best Practices in Clinical Supervision.…”

“…There have been several supervision frameworks that have been specifically developed through which the supervision of counseling leadership is centered (Bedford & Gehlert, 2013;Peters & Luke, in review;Storlie et al, 2019). Storlie et al (2019) noted that "there is only one partial reference to supervisors' intentional use of leadership skills" (p. 2) within the 2011 consensus document developed by the ACES Taskforce on Best Practices in Clinical Supervision. This observation echoed earlier assertions that the supervision of counseling leadership had been overlooked (Storlie et al, 2015), despite Borders et al's (2015) agreement that supervisors should foster supervisees' felt sense of leadership over time and in a developmentally appropriate manner.…”

“…Within the last decade, counseling scholars have concretized the relationship between counseling leadership and supervision by examining the synergy and proposing strategies, frameworks, and models that can support the intersection of supervision and leadership (Bedford & Gehlert, 2013;Peters & Luke, in review;Storlie et al, 2019). The following section provides a review and examination of the conceptual and empirical scholarship on the supervision of counseling leadership.…”