Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Address Parallel Process in Supervision

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
L. DiAnne Borders, Burlington Industries Excellence Professor (Creator)
Philip Clarke (Creator)
Amanda Lee Giordano (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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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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Publication
Language: English
Date: 2013
Keywords
parallel process, motivational interviewing, supervision, counselor development, supervisory intervention

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