The More, the Merrier? A Phenomenological Investigation of Counselor-in-Training Simultaneous Supervision

The More, the Merrier?A Phenomenological Investigation of Counselor-in-Training Simultaneous Supervision Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to explore the simultaneous supervision experiences of counselors-in-training.Simultaneous supervision is when a supervisee receives clinical supervision from multiple supervisors.Sometimes this supervision includes a university supervisor and a site supervisor.Other times this supervision occurs when a student has multiple sites in one semester and receives supervision at each site.Counselors-in-training described their experiences with simultaneous supervision during the course of their education.Four superordinate themes emerged: making sense of multiple perspectives, orchestrating the process, supervisory relationship dynamics, and personal dispositions and characteristics.Results indicated that counselors-in-training experienced compounded benefits and challenges.Implications for supervisors, supervisees, and counselor education programs are provided.