Site Supervisor Roles and Responsibilities: Counseling Programs’ Written Expectations
Abstract
Site supervisors play a vital role in training clinical mental health counseling (CMHC) students during their field work. While clear roles and responsibilities for site supervision is a professional and ethical requirement, the scope of these expectations remains ambiguous. This article provides baseline empirical data on the expectations of sites and site supervisors communicated through field experience handbooks of CACREP-accredited CMHC programs. The authors completed a qualitative content analysis that resulted in three key categories including Site and Site Supervisor Administrative Expectations, Clinical Supervision, and Site/Program Interaction. Implications for counseling programs and future research are discussed.
Keywords:
- Keyword: site supervisor roles and responsibilities
- Keyword: counselor education
- Keyword: supervision
How to Cite:
Lauka, J. D., McCarthy, A., Moody, S. & Yoo, M., (2025) “Site Supervisor Roles and Responsibilities: Counseling Programs’ Written Expectations”, Teaching and Supervision in Counseling 7(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc07rbst
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