The Relationship Between Counseling Trainee Perfectionism and the Working Alliance With Supervisor and Client |
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Authors: | Kathryn H Ganske Philip B Gnilka Jeffrey S Ashby Kenneth G Rice |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University;2. Department of Counseling and Special Education, DePaul University. |
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Abstract: | The relationships between perfectionism, counseling self‐efficacy, and the supervisory and client working alliance were investigated among 143 counseling trainees and 46 supervisor–trainee dyads. Maladaptive perfectionism was negatively correlated with the supervisory alliance and working alliance. Counseling self‐efficacy moderated the relationship between adaptive perfectionism and the supervisory alliance (perspective of the counseling trainee) and maladaptive perfectionism and the supervisory alliance (perspective of the supervisor). The authors conclude that supervisors should consider perfectionism and counseling self‐efficacy as important factors in supervision. |
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Keywords: | perfectionism working alliance supervisory working alliance counseling self‐efficacy |
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