ABSTRACT
The goal of supervision in family therapy and in social work is to help therapists and social workers provide useful service to the clients within their agency (Burnham, 1993). However, in practicing supervision, this goal is translated into different modes, with different targets. Some approaches highlight the development of knowledge and skills (Feldman, 1977; Haley, 1976; Kadushin, 1985; Madanes, 1986), whereas other approaches perceive supervision as an empowering process, used mainly in supporting and encouraging supervisors to discover and implement their skills (Anderson, 1988; Arndt, 1955; Elkaim, 1997; Vargus, 1977). In the process of intervention with FED, it seems to us that there are benefits in an integrative approach that makes use of different, yet complementary, goals (Burnham and Harris, 1992; Burnham, 1993; Kaslow, 1986; Munson, 1983).
