ABSTRACT
There has been limited discussion of race in the supervision literature. Only recently has racial identity been applied to supervision (Cook, 1994). Cook (1994) provided a theoretical analysis of the ways in which racial identity attitudes may influence the degree to which racial issues are discussed in supervision. She suggested that the more developed the supervisor and supervisee’s racial identity attitudes, the more likely that the race of the client, supervisee, and supervisor would be recognized and discussed as relevant aspects of the therapy and supervisory relationships. That is, when race is viewed as an identity issue of each of the three individuals involved in supervision (viz. client, supervisee, supervisor), racial identity development becomes an integral aspect of the therapeutic and supervision work.
