Supervisors are ultimately both ethically and legally responsible for the actions of their trainees (Corey et.al, 2011). Supervisors should specify the responsibilities and expectations of both parties in the supervisory relationship to avoid boundary issues (APA, 2014). The expectations of supervisees and the supervisor regarding the supervisory relationship should be discussed and agreed. Ethical considerations need to be addressed to provide behavioral guidelines to supervisors, to protect supervisees from unwarranted harm or negligence, and to ensure quality of client care (Corey et.al, 2011). The style/quality of interactions between the supervisor and the internship student is important to establishing a collaborative working relationship that encourages self-reflection and evaluation for supervisees. Consequently, the supervisor must take time to evaluate, provide feedback and process information after supervision
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