Patients' sexual behavior and sexual harassment: A survey of clinical supervisors.

DeMayo, Robert

doi:10.1037/0735-7028.31.6.706

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“…The results demonstrated that many of the supervisors surveyed in this study are aware of trainee harassment, which is consistent with high rates of harassment reported by trainees (Cencirulo et al, 2020;deMayo, 2000). A substantial number of supervisors in the present study also reported directly experiencing harassment.…”

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The healthcare literature suggests that a majority of trainees experience some form of harassment based on an aspect of identity (Cencirulo et al, 2020;Fnais et al, 2014). However, there is very little research on the experiences of clinical supervisors who support trainees who experience harassment, and the existing literature tends to focus on sexual or gender-based harassment (deMayo, 2000;Hartl et al, 2007). The following study aimed to fill this gap by collecting information from clinical supervisors (N = 28) within a psychology training program located within a VA Medical Healthcare System in the Northeast.

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“…There is, however, a surprising lack of data and scholarship on the specific experiences of psychology trainees witnessing or experiencing harassment in mental health settings. The limited literature that exists highlights that psychology trainees commonly report experiences of sexism and sexual harassment, racism, and/or heterosexism from both clients (Bertsch et al, 2014; Cencirulo et al, 2020; deMayo, 2000; Hartl et al, 2007) and clinical supervisors (Bertsch et al, 2014) during their clinical training.…”

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“…There is also a dearth of information on how clinical supervision may be best used or structured to address harassment in clinical settings, though deMayo (2000) found that of psychology supervisors who reported that trainees they worked with had experienced sexual harassment, the majority had talked about the harassment in supervision. Hartl et al (2007) provide excellent recommendations for how supervisors and training programs can better support trainees who experience sexual harassment, such as: encouraging trainees to report incidents and then tracking these incidents, using supervision to process experiences and conceptualize concerns, and offering program-wide didactics for both trainees and supervisors on managing harassment.…”

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Clinical supervisors’ experiences with and barriers to supporting trainees who have experienced identity based harassment.

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Doran³

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Training and Education in Professional Psychology

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The healthcare literature suggests that a majority of trainees experience some form of harassment based on an aspect of identity (Cencirulo et al., 2020;Fnais et al., 2014). However, there is very little research on the experiences of clinical supervisors who support trainees who experience harassment, and the existing literature tends to focus on sexual or gender-based harassment (deMayo, 2000;Hartl et al., 2007). The following study aimed to fill this gap by collecting information from clinical supervisors (N = 28) within a psychology training program located within a VA Medical Healthcare System in the Northeast. Most supervisors reported harassment of trainees is a problem at their facility (82.1%), had directly witnessed harassment of trainees (64.3%), and had experienced harassment themselves (82.1%). Most (89.3%) reported discussing harassment with a trainee on at least one occasion. On average, supervisors reported being very likely to initiate such a discussion. Six themes emerged regarding barriers that supervisors identified to discussing harassment with trainees: (1) Lack of Knowledge or Skill, (2) Trainee Factors, (3) Limitations of Supervision, (4), Negative Feelings, (5) Relational Issues, and (6) Negative Outcomes. We discuss recommendations for both supervisors and training committees that directly address these barriers. Public Significance StatementThis study provides information on experiences of clinical supervisors in supporting psychology trainees who have experienced harassment based on identity, including qualitative analysis of barriers experienced by supervisors in discussing harassment with trainees. Recommendations are provided to supervisors and training programs that can address these barriers.

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Training and Education in Professional Psychology

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“…However, many mental health professionals are not adequately trained to recognize and treat these forms of victimization (Campbell, Raja, & Grining, 1999). This is unfortunate because many female psychologists will be sexually harassed while providing services (deMayo, 1997), clinical supervisors must assist supervisees after they are sexually harassed by clients (deMayo, 2000), and psychology educators will be faced with sexual harassment in the academy (Rubin, Hampton, & McManus, 1997). In addition, mental health providers may be asked to render an expert opinion regarding the psychological effects of sexual harassment on a litigant (Fitz-…”

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Racialized Sexual Harassment in the Lives of African American Women

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Harmful supervision, a cause for alarm: Comment on Gray et al. (2001) and Nelson and Friedlander (2001).

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2001

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Nelson and M. L. Friedlander (2001) offers an important leap forward in understanding what contributes to problematic clinical supervision. First, to organize and extend this line of inquiry, the author proposes that a distinction be made between bad supervision (ineffective supervision that does not harm or traumatize the supervisee) and harmful supervision (supervision that harms or traumatizes the supervisee). Second, the author highlights the data from the 2 studies that were found most striking and disquieting (e.g., a sizable portion of the respondents experienced harmful supervision) and discusses the implications of these data. Third, the author offers 5 recommendations for research, practice, and the psychology profession. The research presented by Nelson and Friedlander (2001) and Gray, Ladany, Walker, and Ancis (2001) offers an important leap forward in understanding what contributes to bad and harmful clinical supervision. The topic of problematic supervision is an important one. In fact, I suggest that the topic of harmful supervision has been a taboo subject (Beck & Ellis, 1998; Conroe & Schank, 1989; Ellis, Swagler, & Beck, 2000). Hence, I commend the authors for their impressive work on a neglected and essential topic. My comments regarding these two articles encompass three domains. First, I suggest a simple conceptual framework to organize and extend this line of inquiry. Second, I highlight a few key findings and their implications. Third, I offer a few recommendations. Bad and Harmful Supervision The first issue is the lack of a unified framework for or accepted definition of supervision that goes badly or harms supervisees. Thus far, there have been almost as many terms as there are articles addressing the phenomenon of bad supervision: negative supervi

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Patients' sexual behavior and sexual harassment: A survey of clinical supervisors.

Cited by 18 publications

References 4 publications

Clinical supervisors’ experiences with and barriers to supporting trainees who have experienced identity based harassment.

Clinical supervisors’ experiences with and barriers to supporting trainees who have experienced identity based harassment.

Racialized Sexual Harassment in the Lives of African American Women

Harmful supervision, a cause for alarm: Comment on Gray et al. (2001) and Nelson and Friedlander (2001).

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