SPA 2023 - An Unscripted Discussion Between Supervisors and Supervisees About Experience In Personal

Abstract

Continuing the discussion that began at SPA’s conference in 2022 on successful assessment training (Mulay et al, 2022), the Education and Training Interest Group is excited to sponsor and present a roundtable of supervisors and supervisees engaged in an open discussion about their experience in recent assessment supervision. The need for competent and quality personality assessment supervision grows due to the continuing decline in assessment training in many graduate programs. As such, it is more important now than ever to continue to develop best practices in assessment to further advance – and to simply maintain – the profession. While there have been advances in developing guidelines for personality assessment (Krishnamurthy et al, 2022; Wright et al., 2021), it will be important to gain further understanding of the experiences of both supervisors and supervisees in efforts to implement these guidelines into practical and accessible practices. Two members of the Education and Training Committee, Scott Schwartz, Ph. D. and Adam Natoli, Ph. D. who represent the developmental continuum of experience in supervision of personality assessment (20 years vs 1 year) will discuss their strategies and challenges in conducting supervision alongside two of their recent supervisees, Madeline Farber, M. A. and Kelci Davis, M. A., who will share the experience from the trainee side. Through this candid and unscripted discussion, the panel will help highlight successful (and unsuccessful) strategies that were incorporated into training, advantages and challenges based on clinical setting in conducting such training, as well as gain insights into the trainee experience and needs as we continue to tailor training efforts. Attendees will have opportunities to ask questions as well as share their own experiences so that all participants will hopefully gain new strategies and approaches for conducting personality assessment supervision, increased awareness of the challenges to be able to avoid common missteps that can occur, and steps that they can take to maximize the effectiveness of their training and learning. Krishnamurthy, R., Hass, G. A., Natoli, A. P., Smith, B. L., Arbisi, P. A., & Gottfried, E. D. (2022). Professional practice guidelines for personality assessment. Journal of Personality Assessment, 104(1)., 1-16. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2021.1942020. Mulay, A. L., Natoli, A. P., Pincus, A. L., Schwartz, S., Biedermann, C., David, R., Kennedy, R. C., Laney, J. M., Marek, R. K., Martin, H., Molina, J., Porcerelli, J. H. & Villanueva, A. W. (2022, March). SPA’s Education and Training Interest Group presents: Common pitfalls and roadblocks to successful assessment training. Roundtable discussion at Society of Personality Assessment Conference. Wright, A. J., Chávez, L., Edelstein, B. A., Grus, C. L., Krishnamurthy, R., Lieb, R., Mihura, J. L., Pincus, A. L., & Wilson, M. (2021). Education and training guidelines for psychological assessment in health service psychology. American Psychologist, 76(5), 794–801. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000742

Coordinator

Scott Schwartz | University of North Carolina School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Speakers

Scott Schwartz | University of North Carolina School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Adam Natoli | Sam Houston State University

Madeline Farber | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Kelci Davis | Medical University of South Carolina

Aaron Pincus | Pennsylvania State University - University Park

Goals & Objectives

1. 1. Participants will be able to state two challenges experienced by supervisors and two challenges experienced by supervisees during personality assessment supervision.
2. 2. Participants will be able to compile three strategies to incorporate into supervision to address challenges during personality assessment supervision.