ABSTRACT
Not every counsellor feels competent or confident towards the task of working with a problem drinker, and not all supervisors feel they have the knowledge to adequately support a supervisee working with this particular client group. For the person-centred supervisor, a key area to focus on with the counsellor will be congruence. Alcohol affects congruence. It disrupts the central nervous system and the processing of experiences. Congruence is a free low of awareness between experience, awareness and communication. Alcohol is a major, probably the major factor, in incidents of domestic violence. So the person-centred supervisor, working with a supervisee who is counselling a client with an alcohol problem, will be seeking to ensure that congruence is being maintained and, where they suspect it may not be, drawing attention to it and offering the opportunity to explore what is occurring for the supervisee.
