Cross‐cultural supervision in international settings: experiences of foreign supervisors and native supervisees in Cambodia
Published online on February 24, 2017
Abstract
With the global expansion of family therapy, it is vital to engage in culturally responsive methods of training and supervision. This is especially critical when international training involves Western‐based therapy models and supervision from non‐native supervisors. This study explores how native Cambodian therapists experience clinical supervision conducted by non‐native supervisors. In this responsive evaluation, data were triangulated across multiple stakeholders (N = 95) and collection methods, including focus groups, interviews, and live supervision observations. Emergent themes highlight the need for intentionally culturally responsive supervision and included challenges with non‐native supervisors, unresponsive methods of learning and power imbalances. Therapists emphasized that they were less likely to attend supervision and felt discouraged when it was not culturally responsive. Data‐driven suggestions for increasing cultural responsiveness in supervision are provided.
Practitioner points
Supervisors can challenge personal cultural assumptions and deepen contextual understanding by seeking local cultural knowledge
Supervision contracts created with input from stakeholders can attend to likely cultural differences
The supervisory relationship can be supported through open discussion and negotiation of cultural differences
In cultures with high regard for those in authority, supervisors can use a strengths‐based approach to feedback and demonstration
国际跨文化督导:柬埔寨境内外国和本国督导的经验
随着家庭治疗的全球性发展, 开展具有文化敏感性的培训和督导至关重要。当国际化培训涉及西方的治疗模式和非本地督导时, 这尤其重要。本研究探讨了柬埔寨当地治疗师如何体验非当地督导的临床督导。在这项回应性评估中, 对从多个利益相关者(N=595)和数据采集方法, 包括焦点小组、访谈和实时督导观察, 得到的数据进行了三角检验。浮现的主题强调了刻意注重文化敏感性的督导, 并包括非当地督导面对的挑战、不具备敏感性的学习方法和权力不平衡。治疗师强调, 对于没有文化敏感度的督导, 他们不太可能参加, 即使参加也会感到灰心。本文提供了提高督导文化敏感度的实证建议。
对实务工作者的启示
督导可以通过寻求当地文化知识来挑战其个人文化假设, 深化语境认知
结合了利益相关者意见的督导合同能考虑到可能的文化差异
督导关系可以通过对文化差异的公开讨论和处理来得到支持
在高度重视权威的文化中, 督导可以利用优势方法进行反馈和示范
关键词:文化敏感性;文化能力;督导;柬埔寨