Dr. Christina McGrath Fair
Clinical Assistant Professor at Florida International University
Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Qualified Supervisor
Supervision
The impact that the supervision process can have on both the supervisee and the supervisor is quite powerful. It is important to address the relationship between the supervisor and supervisee as well as the changes and growth occurring during this process. During the course of supervision, I intentionally focus on the supervisee's process as a clinician and the relationship they have with the client. In addition we focus on theoretical orientation, skill development, and assessment of clients needs and strengths.
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Supervision Approach:
I believe that I work from an integrated perspective of supervision. There are some common characteristics in supervision that I feel span all approaches. These include emphasis on clinical materials versus professional development, focus on specific clinical cases versus more general concepts, philosophy, or context, and the nature of the supervisory relationship as collaborative versus hierarchical (Lee & Nelson, 2014). I believe my primary perspective is from a process model, specifically the Discrimination Approach. To address the holes left by the process models, I utilize both developmental (IDM primarily) and psychotherapy theory (Humanistic primarily). I believe that the process is most important in supervision and the way I address the process is based on the developmental level of the supervisee and the level of the supervisee determines what psychotherapy techniques I may utilize.
