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List of figures
Series editors' preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
What is supervision?
The intention informing this book
Supervision: a space to reflect
Training and consultative supervision
Possible applications of the model
Overview of contents
2 An integrative relational model of supervision
A relationally-based model of supervision in context
Supervision from a meta-systems perspective
Participant-observation as a core concept
The centrality of Martin Buber's concept of 'inclusion'
The 'third person perspective'
An integrative relational approach to supervision
The co-creation of relationship and the co-construction
of meaning
Relationship stances and psychological distance/closeness
Dimensions of relationship in psychotherapy and
supervision
Developing a reliable 'internal supervisor'
Transference and countertransference: an intersubjective
perspective
In conclusion
Questions for further reflection
3 The model in practice
Objectives of the model in practice
Supervision vignette 1 - security: emergent phase
Supervision vignette 2 - identity: core phase
Supervision vignette 3 - contact: intersubjective phase
Supervision vignette 4 - communication: verbal phase
Educating the internal supervisor
Questions for further reflection
4 Creating an effective learning environment
The importance of the supervisory alliance
'Thinking therapy' is at the heart of good practice
The 'research mind set' fosters a focus on effective outcomes
'Change moments' in psychotherapy and supervision
Counteracting the effects of shame
Individual learning needs in supervision
Kolb et al. provide another perspective on styles of
optimal learning
Stages of development in the evolution of the supervisee
Selfobject needs manifest in supervision
Mature selfobject needs continue to find expression
in supervision
Questions for further reflection
5 The supervision frame: contracting and boundaries
in supervision; styles and modes of psychotherapy
supervision
Good contracting forms a basis for effective supervision
Renegotiation and recontracting
Process contracts support a healthy supervisory alliance
The contractual process as a key to good relating
The three-cornered contract: working in organizations
Adding the concept of psychological distance and power
The supervisor contracts too...
Two different traditions influence presentation in supervision
Individual, group and peer supervision all have their place
What is on the supervision menu?
The containment of anxiety in supervision
Questions for further reflection
6 Theoretical and research foundations for an integrative
relational approach to supervision
Why an integrative relationship-based model of supervision?
The relationship as a vehicle for therapeutic change
Research into the supervisory alliance
Conflict resolution in supervision: a central issue
Research findings in developmental theory support our model
The importance of contextual factors
The constructivist theory of memory underpins our model
Questions for further reflection
7 Assessment, accreditation and evaluation in supervision
practice
Evaluation as a crucial supervisory responsibility
Criteria for evaluating competence at the point
of accreditation
Giving the 'good' and the 'bad' news
Evaluation of supervision sessions and outcomes over time
The effective psychotherapy supervisor
An important place for supervised supervision
'Supertransference': a challenge to supervisor narcissism
Quis custodiat ipsos custodes?
Supervisor accreditation
Questions for further reflection
8 Developing personal style as a supervisor
Factors contributing to personal style
The importance of clear, direct feedback
The tasks of supervision as a method for measuring
individual style
The choice of focus as an indicator of individual style
Self-disclosure as an indicator of personal style
A focus on countertransference as part of the supervisor's
personal style
Does psychotherapy have a place in supervision?
The importance of humour as a supervisor's friend
Questions for further reflection
9 Ethical decision making in supervision
Vignette 5: Confidentiality
Vignette 6: Conduct of colleagues
Vignette 7: Sexual abuse
Vignette 8: Dual relationships
Reflection on the four vignettes
Complaints procedures: balance of probability or beyond
all reasonable doubt?
Questions for further reflection
10 Multicultural aspects and anti-oppressive practice in
supervision and in psychotherapy
A definition of culture
Recent developments in the United Kingdom
The perpetuation of anti-oppressive practice
Models of mental health and oppression
The effects of oppression
Philosophical support for a new perspective
Reform in psychotherapy training organizations
Anti-oppression audit
11 Psychotherapy and supervision in the UK, in Europe and
in the wider context
Psychotherapy and supervision in the United Kingdom
Psychotherapy and supervision in the European context
The World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP)
12 Resources for the supervisor