supervision
n. oversight: critical evaluation and guidance provided by a qualified and experienced person (the supervisor) to another individual (the trainee) during the learning of a task or process. In psychotherapy and counseling, supervision by a senior therapist or counselor is required while the trainee learns therapeutic techniques. In rural and other remote settings where the task of providing face-to-face supervisory services to trainees is complicated by geographic constraints, telesupervision has been used to provide feedback to a trainee via technology such as e-mail, telephone, or videoconferencing. A prescribed number of hours of supervision is required by state licensing boards as part of the requirements for obtaining a license in a mental health field.