The Ineffective Psychotherapy Supervisor

In developing the most comprehensive picture of the clinical supervision endeavor, it is important that both the “good” and the “badrdquo; be examined. While some attention in the supervision literature has been given to identifying effective supervisor behaviors, ineffective supervisor behaviors seemingly have been a subject of less substantive focus overall. What are bad, poor, ineffective supervision behaviors anyway-what do we know about them? Furthermore, what is an ineffective supervisory style? How might it develop and persist over time?s In this paper, an effort is made to address those questions. Specifically, relevant literature on the topic is reviewed, some theory-driven reflections are offered, and some conceptual, research, and practical implications are presented. This discussion provides an antithetical complement of sorts to thinking about good supervision behaviors, process, and outcomes.