Open to Multiplicities in Supervision
A pluralistic approach
Keywords:
Pluralistic, Supervision, Liberation Psychology, Intercultural, TrainingAbstract
For many, supervision is the entry point to the mental health professions and the introduction on how to contextually apply skills and work through experiences that arise in both clinical work and supervisory experiences. However, training programs and approaches to supervision emphasize the development of competencies that are in favor of the systems where the supervisor and trainees are located. In this sense, many supervision experiences attempt to offer universal approaches to training that are disconnected from daily living experiences and may not hold a pluralistic integration into the training experience. This paper aims to further expand on the practice of supervision with a Pluralistic Approach as an act of resistance to training experiences offered by training programs by the integration of various supervision approaches that overlap with the principles of Pluralistic Practice. The author proposes a framework that centers the validation and integration of multiple identities via a praxis towards supervision that is built upon intercultural approaches and the Pluralistic Approach with a focus on practicality.
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