ABSTRACT

Britain has a fine tradition of writing about supervision practice. This book connects to this by organising reflection around the practice taken from the author's sixteen years experience as a practitioner. Taking three broad sets of tasks of supervision as an organising frame, the book weaves examples of professional experience with current research and other reflective writing. From a broadly humanistic perspective, it examines the developmental journey of a supervisor interested in the overlap of the personal and the professional.

chapter 1|13 pages

Building a strong foundation

chapter 2|14 pages

Beginning as a supervisor

chapter 3|10 pages

Relationship climates

chapter 4|12 pages

Encouraging resilience

chapter 5|13 pages

Vulnerability

chapter 6|12 pages

Learning from supervision

chapter 7|11 pages

Developing a supervisory style

chapter 8|8 pages

Developing the “internal supervisor”

chapter 9|12 pages

Creative supervision

chapter 10|12 pages

Taking supervisory authority

chapter 11|13 pages

Coping with ethical dilemmas

chapter 12|14 pages

Mistakes and complaints

chapter 13|11 pages

Giving references and writing reports

chapter 14|10 pages

Becoming more experienced as a supervisor

chapter 16|13 pages

Supervision of brief counselling

chapter 17|11 pages

Endings and retirement

chapter 18|14 pages

Consultative supervision for supervisors

chapter 19|4 pages

Concluding comments