Relational humility and clinical supervision: on hypotheses, method, and measurement. Issue 2 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Watkins, C. Edward
• Is Part Of: Clinical supervisor. Volume 39:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 148
• Page End: 167
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Humility -- supervision -- relational -- realistic accuracy model -- personality judgment; Mental health personnel -- Supervision of -- Periodicals; Psychotherapists -- Supervision of -- Periodicals; Mental health personnel -- Training of -- Periodicals; Psychotherapists -- Training of -- Periodicals; 616.8900683
• DOI: 10.1080/07325223.2020.1744056
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0732-5223

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Humility has been increasingly recognized and elaborated upon as a critical variable for effective supervision practice. Just as humility is considered to be a foundational life virtue, it may be a foundational supervision virtue as well. But we lack for any justifying support base of humility/supervision research to affirm that being so. Might there be some way to change that reality and potentially jump start the study of humility in supervision? That question is taken up subsequently. In striving for answer, I have specifically drawn upon a proposed set of relational humility hypotheses, method of humility measurement, and method-consistent humility measures for inspiration. Those hypotheses and measures, designed to stimulate and advance the study of humility, have proven quite robust and highly heuristic over this past decade. Following, I (a) apply those hypotheses, method of measurement, and method consistent measures to the supervision situation and (b) propose ways by which humility/supervision research might accordingly be advanced.