ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the importance of the Default Mode Network. This brain network is especially critical to clinical supervision when focusing on relationships. Social role supervision models provide the benefit of identifying and emphasizing the varied roles and foci that supervisors need. Social role supervision models tend to describe and organize what supervisors need to do rather than focus on a specific counseling theory. One of the main goals of the Discrimination Supervision Model is to focus on the needs of the supervisee by being able to respond flexibly with any needed strategy, technique, and/or guidance. The supervision question that was offered to Lori assisted her in determining the best supervision model. Understanding the structure and function of the brain’s Default Mode Network aids in realizing the importance of introspection, self-awareness, and mind wandering to the overall health of supervisees. The Default Mode Network serves as a resting state or non-attending, goal-related function in the brain.
