Supervising East Asian international students: Incorporating culturally responsive supervision into the Integrated Developmental Model

Supervisors' dismissal of cultural differences has been found to be detrimental to the supervisory alliance and therapeutic alliance. Although providing culturally responsive cross-cultural supervision is ethically important, supervisors may be challenged in this regard due to the limited amount of resources catered specifically for East Asian international students. In this article, the author aims to provide supervisors with some fundamental working knowledge of East Asian culture by exploring some philosophical beliefs of this culture. Then, methods to facilitate supervisees' growth in a culturally responsive manner, according to supervisees' development via the Integrated Developmental Model of supervision, are explored.