Managing difficulties in supervision: Supervisors' perspectives

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 528-541

  Grant, Jan ^a   Schofield, Margot ^b   Crawford, Sarah ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Countertransference in supervision; Critical incidents in supervision; Supervision; Supervisory process and gender; Supervisory relationship

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 84874313136     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030000     Document Type: Article

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