Suicidal Clients and Supervisees: A Model for Considering Supervisor Roles
✍ Scribed by Jason M. McGlothlin; Steve Rainey; Aaron Kindsvatter
- Book ID
- 102286154
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-0035
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✦ Synopsis
It is likely that counselor trainees will be exposed to suicidal clients and subsequently face personal dilemmas, stress, and feelings of incompetence. Ethical guidelines mandate that supervisors have procedures to assist supervisees in such times. Currently, the literature does not provide a framework for providing such supervision. This article presents a theory-grounded model to assist the supervision of supervisees working with suicidal clients.
The latest census reports reveal that suicide is the 11th leading cause of death overall and the 3rd leading cause of death for Americans ages 15 to 24. This means 1 American kills himself or herself every 17.2 minutes .
Professional ethical standards of the American Counseling Association (1995, 2005), the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (as cited in and the National Board for Certified Counselors (2002) require supervisors to ensure that specific procedures are followed when dealing with crisis situations. Furthermore, studies in the 1990s reported that supervision is a necessity when dealing with suicide (Foster