ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the major themes and common threads that emerge from the complex tapestry of ideas and models presented in the foregoing articles. Some comparisons, contrasts and divergent approaches also alluded to in this effort at synthesizing the contributions of the numerous authors. The chapter shows that the espousing of the principle that there is definitely not one right way only in either supervision or training. These reports on a spectrum of paradigms being utilized, each creatively evolved, tested and refined clinically, provide the reader with many models to choose from, replicate and evaluate. The chapter provides the shared view that models of supervision, consultation and staff training should be dynamic rather than static, creatively evolving rather than rigidly repetitive, clinically relevant and tested through applied research studies for their reliability and validity, and revised or discarded if they prove to be less effective than other approaches.
