Different Wisdom

Britain has a fine tradition of writing about supervision practice. This book connects to this by organising reflection around the practice taken from the author's sixteen years experience as a practitioner. Taking three broad sets of tasks of supervision as an organising frame, the book weaves examples of professional experience with current research and other reflective writing. From a broadly humanistic perspective, it examines the developmental journey of a supervisor interested in the overlap of the personal and the professional. Introduction , Building a strong foundation , Beginning as a supervisor , Relationship climates , Encouraging resilience , Vulnerability , Learning from supervision , Developing a supervisory style , Developing the “internal supervisor” , Creative supervision , Taking supervisory authority , Coping with ethical dilemmas , Mistakes and complaints , Giving references and writing reports , Becoming more experienced as a supervisor , Bereavement and the supervisory relationship: working in the landscape of loss , Supervision of brief counselling , Endings and retirement , Consultative supervision for supervisors , Concluding comments