The Process of Counselor Supervision for Counselor Trainees who Work With Suicidal Clients

The purpose of this study was to generate an emergent theory of the process of counselor supervision for counselor trainees who work with suicidal clients. The intent was to explore the perspectives of 5 counselor supervisors. An assumption was that counselor supervisors’ views about the process of counselor supervision with counselor trainees for suicidal clients may include such things as securing client safety, facilitating client growth, & promoting counselor trainee maturation. The emergent theory explained the experience of counselor supervision for counselor trainees who work with suicidal clients as a complex & evolving process characterized by the needs of the trainee & the suicidal client.