Consensus aspects of counseling supervision practices in drug treatment centre

Abstract

Purpose of the study: This study aims to examine aspects of counseling supervision practices in a drug treatment center in Malaysia. The aspects are served as facilitative factors for supervisor to practice counseling supervision in the drug abuse field. Methodology: Data were collected using a mixed-method explanatory sequential research design that involved 30 respondents. Two sets of questionnaires were used namely Supervisee Levels Questionnaires-Revised and Supervisee Needs Index. A semi-structured interview was conducted to selected respondents to further explain and justify the quantitative data. Main Findings: The findings show that most of the respondents scored highest at motivation subscale and supervisor competency for their supervisee levels and their needs index, respectively. Four themes namely a) attending courses periodically, b) in-house training, c) supervision from the upper management, and (d) consultation from other agencies were examined to corroborate the quantitative results. Social implications and novelty: The findings of this study would facilitate the supervisors to focus more on the aspects found in this study throughout their counseling supervision practices. Having identified aspects that should be focused on during supervision would be served as a fundamental framework for future studies pertaining to counseling supervision practices. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study examines consensus aspects of counseling supervision practices, of which limited studies available in Malaysia. Each aspect of counseling supervision found in this study can be further investigated for future studies.