The Supervisory Relationship

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1995: 68).
Supervising paradigms are thus often the result of culturally developed norms of providing counseling to clients. In the United States for example, the conceptual influencing practice requires counselors to be supervised only in training, whereas they are left to practice on their own after training. The British model focuses more on practice moving towards theory, which makes peer review and consistent standards of theoretical counseling practice important.
While it appears that counseling supervision is beneficial for both client and counselor, it is important to take into account cultural factors that may be involved. Some countries may favor the perception of greater privacy when in consultation with only one individual, while other cultures may value the security that is brought about with counseling supervision (Holloway 1995: 115). This is also related to the development of the various countries in relation to counseling practice.
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