Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal (SCOPUS), cilt.12, sa.66, ss.363-387, 2022 (Scopus)
This study aims to examine counselors’ views about the supervision they received during
their training. It was designed according to the phenomenological approach, which is a
qualitative research design. To select the study group, the researchers made simultaneous
use of the criteria sampling, maximum diversity sampling, and convenience sampling
methods. The main inclusion criteria for the study group required that the counselors had
taken the “Individual Counseling Practicum” course during their undergraduate education
and had graduated from a department of “Counseling and Guidance”. Thus, 21 counselors
who graduated from universities in different regions were purposefully selected to ensure
maximum diversity in the research. MAXQDA software was used for data analysis to help
the researcher in systematic evaluation and interpretation of qualitative texts. Based on the
study results, the theme ‘supervisory process’ was divided into seven sub-themes, which are
assessment of supervision, the methods and techniques used in supervision, frequency of
supervision, focused theory of supervision, supervisor’s approach and style, supervisory
relationship, and focus of feedback during supervision. In addition, these seven sub-themes
identified according to research results were further divided into additional categories