Date of Conferral
2023
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Counselor Education and Supervision
Advisor
Ariel Harrison
Abstract
AbstractThis interpretive phenomenology qualitative study explored the clinical counseling supervisors’ perceptions of gatekeeping during the supervision of postgraduate prelicense counselor trainees, specifically around problems of professional competence (PPC). This study aimed to address a gap in research surrounding gatekeeping relative to the specific needs of postgraduate prelicense counselor trainees. Exploring the gaps in gatekeeping, specifically around PPC regarding ethics and multiculturalism in clinical supervision, might increase the necessity for professionalism and recommendations for continuity across state lines. Data were collected from nine participants through Zoom interviews and analyzed using an interpretive phenomenological approach. Selection criteria included clinical counseling supervisors with at least 1 year of supervising postgraduate prelicense counselor trainees. Four central themes and three subordinate themes emerged. The themes consisted of (a) the importance of doctoral supervision course, (b) the amount of gatekeeping and state support, (c) the use of multiculturalism and ethics, and (d) the trial and error of PPC. The research results implicated a necessity for guidelines on gatekeeping and PPC for all clinical counseling supervisors, better training, and continued education for anyone striving to become a clinical counseling supervisor. These outcomes may increase the professional knowledge of clinical counseling supervisors who work with postgraduate prelicense counselor trainees, which might benefit uniformity and continuity and lead to positive social change.
Recommended Citation
Garrett, Marquita R., "Clinical Counseling Supervisors’ Perspectives of Gatekeeping During Prelicense Supervision" (2023). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 12984.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/12984
