ABSTRACT
There are two main categories of supervision models available to the supervisor: psychotherapy-based supervision models and supervision-specific models. Psychotherapy-based models of supervision use the assumptons, methods, and techniques of a particular theory to train the supervisee; some examples of such theories include behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, systemic, solution focused, and brief therapy. The second category of models are developed specifically for supervision and training, and include developmental models, parallel process or isomorphism model, interpersonal process recall (IPR), and interactional supervision. Since the main point of this workbook is that the assumptions, goals, and practices of supervision are different from those of therapy, and supervisors, in order to be most effective, must move beyond their training in specific psychotherapies to incorporate training in models specific to supervision, it makes sense to focus one’s attention on models specific to supervision. Therefore, while this chapter includes a brief summary of a few psychotherapy-based models and their potential application to supervision, supervisors should take time to read more extensively about models specific to supervision. (See the suggested reading list at the end of this chapter.)
