ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the constructs of reflective supervision from an infant mental health perspective to include the parallel process of a supervisee within a safe holding environment. The clinical issues of touch in play therapy practice with infants/young children and parents is discussed along with briefly reviewing the neurobiology of touch. The impact of touch on a supervisee’s work with clients is examined, including guidelines that supervisors can use to help assist supervisees to grow self-awareness surrounding issues of touch in play therapy clinical practice. A brief FirstPlay Therapy case vignette conglomerate is presented to demonstrate how issues of touch may arise within an infant play therapy reflective supervisory session.
