BONUS: Harmful supervision

Mental Work

Recent studies have found that up to 62% of counselling professionals are receiving harmful supervision... but no-one is talking about it. In this episode, Bron unpacks what harmful supervision is, its impact on supervisee wellbeing and professional development, and what to do if you're receiving harmful supervision. Bron also discusses how to recognise inadequate vs harmful vs helpful supervision.

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• Narratives of harmful clinical supervision: Synthesis and recommendations (2017)
• Narratives of harmful clinical supervision (2017)
• Post-degree clinical supervision for licensure: Occurrence of inadequate and harmful experiences among counselors (2021)
• Supervisees’ Perspectives of Inadequate, Harmful, and Exceptional Clinical Supervision: Are We Listening? (2023)
• The good, the bad, and the less than ideal in clinical supervision: a qualitative meta-analysis of supervisee experiences (2022)
• Supervision agreement (includes rights and responsibilities of supervisors and supervisees)

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1. Harmful Supervision (00:00:00)

2. Scope of poor supervision (00:01:53)

3. Consequence of harmful supervision (00:03:04)

4. Helpful supervision (00:09:18)

5. Inadequate supervision (00:12:15)

6. Harmful supervision (00:14:49)

7. How to respond to harmful supervision (00:17:06)

8. Suggestions for supervisors (00:20:41)

9. Wrapping up (00:23:15)