ABSTRACT
This chapter describes how parallel process may be used to foster cultural sensitivity among trainees and within oneself as a supervisor. Parallel process is a key ingredient in multicultural supervision. Trainees who feel unsafe in the supervisory relationship are unlikely to raise questions about cultural differences between themselves and their clients or supervisors, let alone invite dialogue about differences. Supervisors who presume that trainees will speak up or that the salience of cultural differences will become obvious during supervision of the case miss opportunities to discuss and resolve critical events. Client-centered multicultural feminist supervisors provide opportunities for trainees to learn about what it means to be in a deeply personal yet wholly professional multicultural relationship. Client-centered supervisors enter the relationship with a commitment to the core conditions. Feminist supervision is uniquely characterized by explicit attention to the supervisor's use of power in the supervisory relationship.
