The Counselling Association of South Australia identifies supervision as conducive to the counselling task and one of the principal means of ensuring ongoing counsellor development.
Supervision is the process entered into by a counsellor (or group of counsellors) with a supervisor for the purpose of integrating theory and practice in response to specific counselling situations.
It is a professional opportunity for the counsellor to present their learning successes and difficulties with clients, identify their learning needs, become aware of their personal responses to counselling situations, and develop and clarify about self in order to be able to respond effectively.
Based on documentation of the 'Australian Association of Marriage and Family Counsellors Inc': used with permission