What is a video introduction call?
At Motivo, we believe that the match matters. This short complimentary 20-minute video call, allows the supervisor and supervisee to ask relevant questions about one another, prior to entering the supervisory relationship.
First impressions also matter.
- Please provide 24 hours notice if needing to reschedule / cancel
- Be in a quiet, private location, preferably sitting at a tabletop
- Test your technology, including video, before your meeting time
- Video camera on
- Dress professionally
- Current caseload and place of work
- Consider buffer time, in the event that you want to talk longer than the 20 minutes
- Ideal start date of supervision
- Rules and regulations of your licensing board
- Supervision credentials required for your particular license type
- Have ready any relevant paperwork
- Come prepared with questions. We have provided some great examples below.
Logistics
- What days / times are you available for supervision?
- What would be the frequency and duration of our supervision sessions?
- How do we handle the need to reschedule a session?
- How do we handle questions that come up between sessions, in both emergency and non-emergency situations?
Potential questions a supervisee might ask
- Why did you choose to become a supervisor?
- Can you tell me about your professional experience including work settings, modalities you use, and populations served (age ranges, individuals, couples, families, diagnoses)?
- Are there any clients you feel are outside your scope or comfort of practice?
- How does your spirituality or religious belief intersect with your professional practice?
- How would your supervisees describe your approach to supervision?
- How do you manage the power dynamics of the supervisory relationship and work to establish psychological safety?
- What happens if we disagree on a therapeutic approach or how to proceed with a client?
- How will you challenge me to become a better therapist?
- How will we incorporate self-of-the-therapist work in our supervision?
- What do you look for in a supervisee that you find to be a good match?
Potential questions a supervisor might ask
- What would you like to tell me about yourself?
- What brought you to the field of therapy?
- Can you tell me about where you are working, the types of clients you are seeing, and your professional experience thus far?
- What drew you to me as a supervisor?
- Other than supervision hours, what do you hope to gain from supervision?
- What do you look for in a supervisor that you find to be a good match?
- Where are you in your licensure journey, i.e. just starting out or how many hours do you have to complete?