IJSP Number 4, 2022

10 We obtained demographic information of participants through a few items that asked for gender, age, racial/ ethnic identity, sexual orientation, educational background, and years of training. Table 1 displays participants ’ demographic information. An online written open-ended questionnaire was used to gather participants ’ responses (see Appendix A). We specifically targeted (a) cultural dyad (e.g., “Please include information about how your supervisor handled the situation and how you responded cognitively, emotionally, and behaviourally? ” “What was the impact of this incident on you as a trainee as well as its impact on the supervisory relationship? ” ); (b) multicultural competency (e.g., “Describe an experience in which the supervisor initiated the discussion or expressed care about your cultural background/challenge. ”); and (c) dynamics of power and privilege (e.g., “How did this particular supervisor handle and process power differential with you? What were helpful and what were not so helpful? ” ). To identify more in-depth experiences supervisees, some of these questions were guided through a critical incidents approach given that this approach has been frequently utilized in the multicultural supervision literature [34]. To obtain contrast and comparison data, we also asked participants to recall two specific supervisors, one exemplifying helpful and effective supervisors and the other representing unhelpful or ineffective supervisors. Participants spent 50-80 minutes in completing the questions. 4. Data Analyses, Reflexivity, and Triangulation The qualitative data were analyzed following a two-step procedure. First, the data were sorted and summarized by the Dedoose software [35], which utilizes both a deductive (based on the open-ended questions domains) and inductive (identification of themes) approach. The Dedoose software has been employed in several qualitative and mixed-method studies [36, 37, 38]. After the data were re- organized by the Dedoose software, the qualitative data were further analyzed by a research team consisting of four members. Because the main interest was to investigate international supervisees ’ perceptions and experiences of clinical supervision, we analyzed the open-ended questions via a phenomenological approach [39, 40], such that we relied on categories that emerged from the data (vs. pre-assigned categories). Our data analysis team included two women and two men. All four members had international backgrounds and a doctoral degree in counselling psychology with an average of 11.5 years residing in the U.S. Each of the team members reviewed the data independently to identify themes. Then, we met to discuss preliminary themes and codes identified by members, followed by multiple reviews of the data to define and compare the similarities and differences until an agreement was reached on the final set of themes and sub-themes [41]. The team members utilized reflexivity to examine their own backgrounds and potential personal biases that could influence the analysis and conclusions of this study [42]. First, we acknowledged that the entire team was comprised of individuals with an Asian international perspective. Additionally, we discussed how our own experiences in different states of the country may have influenced the way