Reflective Documentary Supervision: Integrating Documentary Analysis and Family-of-Origin Reflections in Cross-Cultural Training

Michael D. Becerra, Adriana Sofia Silva Silva, Mireya Ospina Botero, Isabel Cristina Bernal Velez, Kessyn Nicholas-Alan Sandoval

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Published online on February 12, 2026

Abstract

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Humanistic psychology holds that therapist development cannot be separated from personal growth, yet supervision often favors technical competence over deeper self-reflection. This article presents Reflective Documentary Supervision (RDS) as a conceptual ...