IJSP Number 4, 2022

24 [53] Ellis, M. V. (2017). Clinical supervision contract & consent statement and supervisee rights and responsibilities. The Clinical Supervisor , 36 , 145- 159 .https://doi.org/10.1080/07325223.2017.1321885 Appendix A Open-ended Questions for Supervisee 1. What were the most challenging aspects of seeing clients in the U.S. as an international student? 2. How do you think your cultural background and beliefs have benefited and conflicted with your supervision (please discuss both)? 3. How would you describe your current level of familiarity with and adaptation to the US cultural norms? How do they affect your utilization of clinical supervision? 4. Describe a specific rupture or misunderstanding between you and your supervisor due to cultural differences. What happened and how it was addressed? Please take a few moments to think about all of the supervision experiences you have had in the US. Some supervisors are more understanding, supportive, and/or effective than others. Please select two specific “critical incidents” to share with us. Critical incidents are specific interactions or events occurring between you and your supervisor that you felt significantly changed the way you thought about supervision with this particular supervisor and/or significantly affected your learning and development afterward. Please describe a positive critical incident in supervision with a particular supervisor you have experienced in the US that significantly improved your learning, development, or the supervisory relationship. 1. Please describe your supervisor ’ s demographics and characteristics (without giving away any identifying information). What was the setting of the supervision? (e.g., counselling centre, community mental health, hospital, etc.) 2. What led to this incident, when, and what happened during the incident? Please include information about how you supervisor handled the situation and how you responded cognitively, emotionally, and behaviourally. 3. What were the impact of this incident on you as a trainee as well as its impact on the supervisory relationship? 4. How do you think your international student status and cultural background might be related (or unrelated) to the onset and handling of this critical incident? 5. If you could go back in time, how might you handle this incident differently? 6. If this particular supervisor were to work with another international trainee again, what would be your suggestions for him/her/them for handling similar incidents?