ABSTRACT
At the point of reaching what we conceptualize as Level 2, supervisees are making the transition away from an appropriately highly struc tured, supportive, and largely instructional supervisory environment in which they were highly dependent, imitative, and relatively unaware. If supervision has been appropriate and the experience facilitative, the trainee has experienced some success and growth. With successful counseling experience the therapist develops an increased desire and confidence to make his or her own decisions concerning client cases. An increasing mastery of basic facilitative and attending skills or skills in applying manualized treatments results in less of a self-focus, reduced anxiety, and more of an ability to attend to the client’s experience. At the same time, however, difficult and unsuccessful cases may cause supervisees to question their effective ness as therapists, affecting their previously high levels of motivation.
