Supervisees usually have no trouble finding a supervision question. Psychotherapists in training encounter situations that require reflection and offer opportunities for growth often enough. However, the wide choice of valid supervision questions sometimes allows other themes to be sidestepped. Themes that the supervisee considers too difficult, too vulnerable, too loaded or themes that one does not want to discuss with this specific supervisor. This article, based on a workshop I presented at the annual congress of the Flemish Association of Client-centred - Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling (VVCEPC), highlights which themes might be avoided, the reasons why these themes are not disclosed and the possible consequences of avoiding these themes in supervision. Finally, the article suggests ways for the supervisee to handle this and for the supervisor to become aware of non-disclosure.
supervisor, supervisee, supervision alliance, training, non-disclosure
The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.