Psychotherapy supervision: What lies beneath

A discussion of the critical incidents involved in the author's development as a psychotherapy researcher are presented with the aim of sharing his biases and expectations and how his research program attempts to answer 4 questions about psychotherapy supervision.

Abstract

This article presents a discussion of the critical incidents involved in the author's development as a psychotherapy researcher with the aim of sharing his biases and expectations. The author then addresses how his research program attempts to answer 4 questions about psychotherapy supervision: If nothing else, what should a supervisor do? What are some of the worst things a supervisor can do? What secrets do supervisors and trainees keep from one another? What about sex? The article concludes with a series of propositions for psychotherapy supervision research.