This study constitutes a reflection centered supervision model and based on that a small group supervision application for junior counselors to investigate the aspects that effect the counselor development's change process and reflection process and a...
This study constitutes a reflection centered supervision model and based on that a small group supervision application for junior counselors to investigate the aspects that effect the counselor development's change process and reflection process and aim to verify the educational effects of reflection centered supervision in counselor education.
For the purposes of this study we constituted a reflection centered supervision model and had 8 junior counselors into groups of 4 each, and for 2hours a week for 16weeks, each group with a 4 week time lag, proceeded with reflection centered supervision.
Data acquisition was done by participation observation, in-depth interview, relevant literature collection and self reporting type tests, the collected material was used to conduct quality case assessment. The results are as follows.
The validity of the reflection centered supervision model and the one presented, by Ward and House(1998) of 7 stages of reflective conversation, corresponded to the actual supervision process showed a content validation of CVI=.91 and CVI=.90 respectively and both were considered appropriate.
The self reporting type tests representing the development transition of the counselor development level showed no consistency that characterized all the junior counselors, however most junior counselors showed a change in score patterns that were unstable in the beginning of the supervision but stable towards the end.
According to this study's quality assessment results junior counselors in a reflection centered supervision actively practice reflection enhancing their reflection abilities, self understanding and acceptance through self reflection and resulting in a change in counselor development. Reflection ability enhancement and self reflection and acceptance were shown to be the key factors in promoting counselor development.
Factors that effect this reflection process were supervision intervention factors, personal factors, and supervision process factors. Supervision intervention factors were 'inquiring questions that assist reflection', 'open-minded and professional supervisor', personal factors were 'counselor traits', supervision process factors were 'trusting supervision relationship formation', 'supervision work ally development', 'group cohesion development'. First supervision intervention factors and personal factors effected supervision process factors, thus in turn effecting reflection process and ultimately effecting counselor development.
Counselor development through reflection centered supervision, is shown to go through a change process which involves an adaptation phase, modeling phase, technical development phase, identity development phase.
Each phase's core changes are as follows, 'perception conversion', 'awareness of self limitation and role model development', 'counseling techniques and competence development', 'counselor role identity development'
This study is significant in that it constitutes a reflection centered supervision model and based on that model conducted supervision thus investigating the change processes of counselor development and verifying the educational effects of reflection centered supervision.
Also significant is the fact that in reflection centered supervision, factors that assist or deter the reflection process are investigated so that reflection abilities are fostered in actual supervision, and a specific and applicable basis has been presented.