Tag: Michael Ellis
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Michael Ellis, “Harmful Supervision, a Cause for Alarm: Comment on Gray et al (2001) and Nelson and Friedlander”
Ellis comments on the supervision literature as of 2001, noting that “bad” supervision (e.g., not meeting with the supervisee) was lumped in with “harmful” supervision (e.g., sexual harassment). Ellis tries to differentiate between the two, noting that “bad” supervision “does not result in any psychological or emotional trauma or harm to the supervisees or to…
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Heidi Hutman, Michael Ellis & Shangyun Zhou, “Supervisees’ Perspectives of Inadequate, Harmful, and Exceptional Clinical Supervision: Are We Listening?”
This article defines elements of “harmful”, “inadequate” and “exceptional” supervision based on qualitative research. This expanded on the work of Ellis, noted above. Supervisees who reported harmful experiences described supervisors as neglectful and callous, etc. Harmful supervision reflected “supervisory practices that result in psychological, emotional, and/or physical harm or trauma to the supervisee… The two…