Supervisor Reflection

Working as a case manager at my current job and going into my practicum which is an all women's program was very different, in a women's program there are different levels that need to be addressed when you're there therefore the clinical piece sometimes gets put on the back burner when trying to address crisis that occur. However, my supervisor was very good at creating space for me to learn, she took many different opportunities to ensure that I could ask questions regarding assessments, groups, and her individual counseling sessions with the women. Although my practicum is not over what I’ve learned from my supervisor thus far is how to do a thorough assessment, she believes if the assessment and diagnosis piece is somewhat accurate

I personally am not a supervisor that Micro manages my employees however, this supervisor seem to be a micromanager and at first, I did not like all the attention. However this last week she had a scheduled vacation and I realized then, how being hands on helped, me with client issues, group structure, and format. If she saw me do something that was incorrect right there she would make me question my judgment and come up with a better solution and at times I thought I was being embarrassed . However, when she was absent it made me re-think situations that occurred this week. Because I never worked in the clinical field of substance-abuse this type of supervisor was what I needed, her hands on approach helped me to change from always thinking of solutions to solve clients problems as I do as case manager to what does the client want from the counseling relationship and the importance of self-exploration (Corey, 2013). Also I learned a lot about my own value system and what my needs were and replacing them with my clients needs. According to Corey (2013) it's critical that students be aware of their values of we are and how they've acquired them and how their values can influence their interventions with