Managing Boundaries & Power Dynamics Flashcards
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A supervisee requests that supervision sessions be held at a local coffee shop for a relaxed atmosphere. The supervisor should:
Answer: Decline because confidentiality cannot be maintained in public
Public settings compromise client confidentiality and blur the professional context of supervision, making them inappropriate.
Which statement BEST describes the concept of parallel process in supervision boundary management?
Answer: Dynamics occurring in the client-clinician relationship unconsciously replay in supervision
Parallel process refers to the unconscious reenactment of client-clinician dynamics within the supervision relationship.
When a supervisee challenges the supervisor's clinical judgment repeatedly in a disrespectful manner, the supervisor should FIRST:
Answer: Address the interpersonal dynamic openly within supervision
Addressing the interpersonal dynamic directly models healthy boundary-setting and provides an opportunity for learning.
A supervisee asks the supervisor to write a letter of recommendation as a personal favor outside of standard processes. This BEST represents:
Answer: A boundary crossing that conflates professional and personal obligations
Requests framed as personal favors blur the professional role boundary and can create undue obligation in the supervisory relationship.
Cultural humility in managing supervisory power dynamics PRIMARILY requires the supervisor to:
Answer: Recognize how their own cultural position shapes the power they hold
Cultural humility requires supervisors to examine their own positionality and how it intersects with their authority in the supervisory relationship.
A former supervisee contacts their ex-supervisor two years later to request personal counseling services. The supervisor should:
Answer: Decline and refer the person to another clinician
Prior supervisory relationships create a power history that makes a subsequent therapy relationship ethically problematic regardless of time elapsed.
A supervisee consistently arrives late to supervision. Addressing this behavior is primarily a boundary issue because:
Answer: It represents a boundary with the professional structure and contract of supervision
Chronic lateness violates the structural boundary established in the supervision contract and must be addressed as part of professional development.