Year: 2026
Type: dissertation
Abstract: El Duende Process Painting (EDPP) is an art-based supervision and reflective strategy often utilized in curriculum and postgraduate supervision.EDPP continues to be incorporated into graduate level supervision curriculum, however, there is a lack of understanding if EDPP is contributing to the supervisee's clinical skills and professional identity from their perspective..The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore the experiences of counseling supervisees' EDPP as a strategy in virtual group clinical supervision.Utilizing transcendental phenomenology to guide the study, seven participants were involved in the study.Requirements to participate included being completed with their first graduate school counseling internship and were in a virtual group clinical supervision format that used EDPP.Data included semi-structured interviews and using the modified Van Kaam method, the three main themes were found: processing emotions, creative expression, and supervision format.Each theme had subthemes.Processing emotions had two subthemes: range of emotions and increased self-efficacy.Creative expression had four subthemes: intuitive creativity, metaphor and meaning making, evolving and grounding, and parallel process.The last theme, supervision format, had three subthemes, group cohesion, reflexivity and applied clinical skills, and implement EDPP into practice.The results of this study support positive social change implications including support to implement EDPP as an online supervision strategy, in counselors education, and in training.
Source: ScholarWorks (Walden University)
Author: Glinzak, Leara
Institution: Walden University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7168448014