CRITERIA CHILEAN CLINICAL SUPERVISORS CONSIDER RELEVANT WHEN SUPERVISING: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

This article presents the results of a qualitative study focused on describing the experience of supervision from the supervisors' perspective. The aim of the research is to determine criteria by which supervisors describe what they do, and the meanings associated with their own work. Participants were eleven supervisors, from different theoretical orientations, accredited by the Chilean Society for Clinical Psychology. Data collection was performed through semi-structured interviews that were transcribed textually and analyzed with procedures of Grounded Theory. Results describe, as principal phenomenon, a multifocal vision where the supervisors pay attention simultaneously to different aspects (supervisee, patient, supervisor-supervisee relationship and therapist-patient relationship) intending to achieve a dynamic equilibrium while developing the supervisee 's clinical skills as well as helping the patient.