3 TPC Digest 3 TPC Digest Finally, personal dispositions and characteristics emerged that impacted how CITs experienced their supervision. Traits like tolerance for ambiguity, curiosity, and availability affected CIT reactions. CITs who tolerated ambiguity and embraced learning opportunities handled conflicting advice from supervisors better than those who found it to be competing and frustrating. All CITs desired supervisors to be accessible both physically and emotionally. As implications, we suggest that counselor educators who serve as supervisors cultivate strong relationships with CITs and openly discuss simultaneous supervision early on. Supervisors can help CITs develop frameworks to integrate alternative perspectives when presented. Counselor education programs should provide clear policies, expectations, and coordination structures surrounding simultaneous supervision. CITs can thoughtfully schedule sessions, strengthen personal dispositions like adaptability, and learn to self-advocate within complex supervisory dynamics. Overall, simultaneous supervision can provide rich, multifaceted feedback critical to counselor development when supervisors collaborate and CITs flexibly integrate divergent advice in service of each unique client. However, lack of transparency and significant power differentials can also render the experience ineffective or detrimental without intentional navigation. William B. Lane, Jr., PhD, NCC, BC-TMH, LPCC, is an assistant professor at Western New Mexico University. Timothy J. Hakenewerth, PhD, NCC, LPC, is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Springfield. Camille D. Frank, PhD, NCC, LMHC, LPC, is an assistant professor at Eastern Washington University. Tessa B. Davis-Price, PhD, LMHC, LCPC, is an assistant professor at Saint Martin’s University. David M. Kleist, PhD, LCPC, is a professor and department chair at Idaho State University. Steven J. Moody, PhD, is a clinical professor at Adams State University. Correspondence may be addressed to William B. Lane, Jr., 1000 W College Ave, Silver City, NM 88061, william.lanejr@wnmu.edu. Read full article and references: Lane, W. B., Jr., Hakenewerth, T. J., Frank, C. D., Davis-Price, T. B., Kleist, D. M., & Moody, S. J. (2024). The more, the merrier? A phenomenological investigation of counselor-in-training simultaneous supervision. The Professional Counselor, 14(1), 15–29. doi: 10.15241/wblj.14.1.15
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