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18 TPC Digest research question, beginning with themes from the supervisor’s perspective, the authors found that a supervisor, CITs and clients were in general agreement about what was meaningful, with some differences in how they experienced the events given their positions. Purposely approaching the findings through a supervisor’s lens allowed the authors to clearly delineate implications for supervision. Corrine R. Sackett is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University. Gerard Lawson, NCC, is an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech. Penny L. Burge is a Professor at Virginia Tech. Correspondence can be addressed to Corrine R. Sackett, 307 Tillman Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, csacket@clemson.edu. Corrine R. Sackett, Gerard Lawson, Penny L. Burge Supervisor, Counselor-In- Training and Client Perspectives in Counseling Read full article and references: Sackett, C. R., Lawson, G., & Burge, P. L. (2015). Supervisor, counselor-in-training and client perspectives in counseling: A qualitative exploration. The Professional Counselor , 5 , 163–174. doi:10.15241/crs.5.1.163 There is a dearth of research exploring multiple perspectives on counseling sessions beyond those of client and counselor. Several researchers have examined clients’ and counselors’ experiences and perspectives in counseling, but few researchers have added a third lens by exploring the process through client, counselor and observer perspectives. In the research that does exist, discrepancies have been found among these three perspectives. Thus, including all three perspectives creates a more complete picture of the process. The authors of the current study asked the following research question: What are the similarities and differences in what is meaningful in counseling from the perspectives of a supervisor, CIT and client? The researchers examined multiple perspectives on meaningful in-session events through a supervisor’s observation of counseling sessions and interviews with the counselors and clients. The authors anchored the results with the perspective of a supervisor observer. The authors designed this study to approach therapeutic impact with what is meaningful in session, which is illustrated well by the following statement from Mahrer and Boulet (1999): “The emphasis is on whatever touches you as something impressive happening here rather than relying on your theory, your knowledge, and your being on the lookout for particular kinds of traditional significant in-session changes” (p. 1484). These meaningful experiences may be cognitive, emotional, relational or behavioral in nature. Meaningful experiences were defined in each case by the supervisor and by the participant. The qualitative tradition of phenomenology was fitting for answering this research question, with the assumption that multiple realities exist—in this case, multiple realities of the counseling process— and are all relevant. Further, this tradition provides a way to describe the meaning of participant experiences in counseling. A single session unit and significance sampling were used in the data collection for this study. The following themes emerged from the study: immediacy (with several subthemes), nonverbals and intuition, rescuing, depth of congruence, insights, and goal setting. For each theme that the supervisor deemed meaningful in the counseling session, authors present the event in their article from the three perspectives of supervisor, CIT and client. The findings from this study contribute to an understanding of the counseling process by providing an examination of the similarities and differences among meaningful happenings from three different perspectives. In answering the A Qualitative Exploration