Listening to Ethnic Minority AAMFT Approved Supervisors: Reflections on their Experiences as Supervisees

Abstract

Interviews were conducted with ten ethnic minority AAMFT approved supervisors about their experiences as supervisees during their training and their views on how to address intersections of diversity in clinical supervision. Using Consensual Qualitative Research methodology, three themes describing their experiences as supervisees emerged: lack of processing social location and diversity dimensions, misuse of power by supervisors, and lack of mentorship in the profession. These results imply the following needs: making diversity dimensions central to the supervisory process, deepening the exploration of self of therapist and identity issues, and providing more mentorship into the profession.