2010

Studying the relationship between supervisors and their counseling students provides a rich contextual framework that can be used to get a better understanding of a student's experiences during supervision. The supervisory relationship is characterized as mutually enriching, where the unconscious of both the supervisor and supervisee interact (Driver & Martin, 2005). Ratliff, Wampler, and Morris (2000) have characterized the interactional pattern that is seen between supervisors and their trainees as negotiation and collaboration, in which the trainees struggle to present themselves as competent and cooperative.