This study is to find out the element that distinguish between the best and the worst playtherapy supervision experience. The subjects of this study were 68 playtherapists who were working at 70 institutes of the child counseling center, the psychiatr...
This study is to find out the element that distinguish between the best and the worst playtherapy supervision experience. The subjects of this study were 68 playtherapists who were working at 70 institutes of the child counseling center, the psychiatry playtherapy clinic, the counseling clinic in social welfare center, and the playtherapy clinic attached to universities. All playtherapists had more than 2 supervisors to compared with the best and the worst playtherapy supervision experience. The results of this study are as follow. 1) The situational conditions that distinguish the best playtherapy supervision experience from the worst of it were the supervision type and the supervision place. When receiving supervision at the place only for supervision with the individual supervision type, playtherapists evaluated that it was the best supervision experience. 2) The supervisor`s personal attributes that distinguish the best playtherapy supervision experience from the worst of it were professionalism, good fooling and reliability from all. When receiving supervision from a supervisor who has reliability, professionalism and good fooling, playtherapists evaluated that it was the best supervision experience. 3) The specific interactional aspects of supervision that distinguish the best playtherapy supervision experience from the worst of it were education, the acceptance of value, therapist`s maturity, environment elements in order. When supervisor taught practical skills, respected for supervisee`s differences in values, and helped for therapist`s maturity, playtherapists evaluated that it was the best supervision experience. Also the constant environments of supervision in terms of meeting time and place were important.