IJSP Number 4, 2022

25 Please describe a negative critical incident in supervision with a particular supervisor you have experienced in the US that significantly impeded 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? Among all of the supervisors whom you have worked with in the U.S., focus on the one who you think has been most helpful and effective in facilitating your professional development while answering the following questions. 1. Please list five most critical characteristics/skills/strategies implemented regularly by this supervisor and elaborate on why each listed characteristic/skill/strategy is helpful for you. 2. Describe an experience in which this supervisor initiated the discussion or expressed care about your cultural background/challenge as an international student. What was discussed and how did the discussion affect the supervisory work? 3. Describe an experience in which you openly discussed some challenges with clients you were facing that were related to being an international student with this supervisor. What was the challenge and how did your supervisor respond? 4. Describe a time that you were hesitant in bringing up concerns to this supervisor. What caused the hesitation, and what might have been helpful in supervision? 5. How did this particular supervisor handle and process power differential with you? What were helpful and what were not so helpful?