Metaphors in Counselor Education and Supervision

Metaphors in Counselor Education and Supervision provides counselor educators and supervisors with creative applications of metaphors to help students and supervisees who struggle with abstract clinical concepts or foundational clinical skills. This teaching and supervision guide provides a variety of metaphors to clarify different areas of counselor education and supervision, including but not limited to case conceptualization, self-care, the counseling process, countertransference, suicide assessments, and advocacy. Each metaphor is accompanied by ethical and cultural considerations, group supervision modifications, and alternative uses to help emphasize diversity and ethics. This book will prepare supervisees and students with unique methods for teaching and understanding counseling concepts and skills and supply professional counselors with creative and different perspectives to use in practice.

Sarah E. Stewart-Spencer, PhD, is a licensed and certified mental health counselor who specializes in trauma, emergency, and crisis response. Christian J. Dean, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT-S, NCC, is a clinical faculty member in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Graduate Program at Southern New Hampshire University.

Part I; Introduction: Using Metaphors as Tools; Part II: Metaphors; Chapter 1: Do You Treat Your Clients Like Fine China?; Chapter 2: The Theatre: Using Empathy for Meaning; Chapter 3: Employing Counselors as Personal Trainers to Evoke Significant Life Changes; Chapter 4: Keep Your Eyes on the Road; Chapter 5: The Elephant Hunter; Chapter 6: A Jigsaw Puzzle as a Metaphor for Crisis Response; Chapter 7: The Circus; Chapter 8: The Car Mechanic; Chapter 9: The Mine of the Mind; Chapter 10: Assimilative Integration: Selecting from One's Theoretical Spice Cabinet; Chapter 11: The Flip Book: A Metaphor for Change; Chapter 12: Roots Not Leaves: Navigating Clinical Focus and Treatment Planning; Chapter 13: Ocean of Emotion: Exploring the Therapist Role and Countertransference; Chapter 14: Massaging the Tension: The Balance Between Balancing and Pushing Through Tension; Chapter 15: Magic Mirror on the Wall: Counseling Self-Reflection as an Ethical Obligation; Chapter 16: Counseling Substance Abuse: Ghostbusting Hungry Ghosts; Chapter 17: Undercurrents and Riptides: Addressing End of Life Issues; Chapter 18: Band of Counselors: Winning the Battle of Turning Raw Recruits into Skilled Counselors; Chapter 19: Internship is a Circus!; Chapter 20: The Coach and the Quarterback in the Therapeutic Relationship; Chapter 21: Counselor as Advocate: Getting in the Arena; Chapter 22: Channeling Your Inner Beyoncé: A Guide to Enhancing Self-Efficacy for Beginning Counselors; Chapter 23: Connect Through the Door of Your Competency, Not the Window of Your Pain; Chapter 24: Self-Care: Staying off the Island; Chapter 25: Strikes, Spares, and Self-Care