ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the systemic supervision and the importance of an understanding of the personal nature of the experience for both supervisor and supervisee. It discusses the interpersonal nature of supervision. The chapter presents a description of four cases of supervision. Systemic theories have the capacity to offer a challenging critique of the incremental/developmental notions that dominate the supervision literature. ”Isomorphism” is a word in the grand tradition of systemic terms. Parallel process creates the possibility of seeing the personal issues, which are part of all therapy, mirrored within supervision. It provides a rationale for bringing therapy right into the supervisor’s room and into the supervisor-supervisee relationship. Self-awareness becomes important—as it has been in the training of therapists and supervisors from a number of non-systemic orientations. The use of a self-knowledge, which is constantly enriched in the context of changing relationships with clients or supervisees, becomes an integral part of the systemic recursive stance.
