Table 4.

Four-Column Record of Supervisor’s Dysfunctional Thoughts

Situation	Emotions	Automatic Thoughts	Rational Reaction
Alena flips through the patient’s documentation, shuffles the papers, reads the notes at times, then says that she can not find the right notes, flips through again, and starts looking at the documentation again when I ask her questions.	Annoyance Anger	She is not ready for supervision We are wasting time here I have repeatedly told her that she should prepare properly for supervision. I can not help being angry with her. I am failing as a supervisor	She is just getting started, and she is worried she will make a mistake. I told her to prepare, but I did not explain how. She prepared honestly according to what she brought, but maybe her anxiety prevented her from making important points?. I have excessive demands on myself, and I need to calm down. Even though she is a tremorist, she repeatedly told me she came to me for supervision, glad that it helped her. I will try to praise her, calm her down, and slow her down, and I will do the same for myself, and we both learn.