ABSTRACT
Supervision, using audio and/or video recordings of some sessions, can demonstrate how wide or narrow this gap is. Listening to or watching a session or, more usually, an excerpt from it, widens considerably the scope of the discussion in supervision and can pinpoint difficulties in the coach's practice that they may not be aware of. Equally, the recording may show a higher level of competence in contrast to the somewhat gloomy, pre-listening description often delivered by the supervisee. This chapter recommends that supervisees to record their sessions regularly so that between a third to half of our supervision sessions will contain excerpts from their audio recordings. It's worth noting that some commentators, focused on mental health services, question the assumptions that practitioners get better with experience and that supervision produces more effective practitioners. As well as face-to-face, supervision can be carried out over the phone or on Skype.
