Supervision in Counselor Education: Exploration of Current Status and Standards in Turkey

Abstract

Supervision is one of the main elements of counseling and counselor education, and counselor education programs require counselor trainees to complete practicum and internship under supervision as a practical part of counselor education curriculum in the United States. However, supervision is a fairly new concept in Turkey. This paper explains the foundation of supervision along with its international and national standards. Then, the paper addresses the role of the supervisee and the supervisor as well as providing a brief explanation of supervision models that are commonly being used. The current state of clinical supervision and growing supervision literature in Turkey are being explored by providing a discussion and a review of supervision related studies in Turkey from 2010 to 2019. Further, the lack of national standards for supervision and limitations of supervision are discussed. In the end, recommendations for counselor educators, policymakers, and future researchers are presented.