Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Address Parallel Process in Supervision |
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| Authors: | Amanda Giordano Philip Clarke L DiAnne Borders |
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| Institution: | 1. Counseling and Higher Education, University of North Texas;2. Department of Counseling, Wake Forest University;3. Department of Counseling and Educational Development, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. |
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| Abstract: | Supervision offers a distinct opportunity to experience the interconnection of counselor–client and counselor–supervisor interactions. One product of this network of interactions is parallel process, a phenomenon by which counselors unconsciously identify with their clients and subsequently present to their supervisors in a similar fashion ( Searles, 1955 ). Addressing parallel process has the potential to be valuable in the advancement of counselor development, but few strategies exist in the literature for working with the phenomenon. The authors describe the use of motivational interviewing as one method for effectively addressing parallel process in supervision. |
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| Keywords: | parallel process motivational interviewing supervision counselor development supervisory intervention |
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