ABSTRACT
This chapter acknowledges the many benefits of peer supervision and flags the associated risks that need to be considered and managed. It identifies that peer supervision relationships may grow out of similar interests, training or background and which can also create blind spots. The authors suggest that aiming for diversity expands learning and perspective for peers.
The first part of the chapter explores how common issues arise in peer supervision, gives some hints about how to spot pitfalls and offers some suggestions on how these risks could be managed. The second part of the chapter focuses on the additional complexity of risks that arise in group work with peers; and that are likely to be experienced whatever the motivation for joining the group. It offers hints about how to spot pitfalls in peer supervision and provides some guidance on how to manage them when they occur.
