Art therapy supervision is an area of practice that can be rife with ethical dilemmas due to the differential in power between supervisor and supervisee. The supervisor’s explicit power is undeniable. While in training, a supervisor may have the authority to delay, or worse, derail a supervisee’s advancement through his or her training program (O’Neill, […]
I have long told my counseling graduate students that the biggest problem in treating children is that they come with parents. Mental health professionals have to navigate not only the conflict between the parents but often their own difficult communication and interaction with one or both parents. Parents sometimes have undisclosed motives for bringing a […]
