Passionate Supervision

by Anna Chesner, Sheila Ryan, Jane Read, Robin Shohet, David Owen

Overview

Practitioners working in the helping professions realise the importance of supervision as a space for: reflection; compassionate inquiry; and continuing professional development. This book presents examples of good practice which will help readers to enhance their own supervisory relationships.

Robin Shohet brings together supervisors from the fields of consultancy, education, coaching, psychotherapy, youth work and homeopathy, many of whom have been supervising for over 20 years. The contributors explain why supervision continues to be just as important as when they first started, and describe how and why they have managed to stay passionate about their chosen career. The book features numerous case examples to illustrate the different perspectives, demonstrating that supervision is essential and rewarding in a variety of professions.

Passionate Supervision is a valuable resource for anyone working in the helping professions, for whom supervision is an integral part of their work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843105565
Publisher:	Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Publication date:	12/15/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Anna Chesner, MA is a UKCP registered psychodrama and group analytic psychotherapist and has been qualified as a supervisor for over twenty years. She has trained dramatherapists, integrative counsellors and psychotherapists and is course director of the London Centre for Psychodrama Group and Individual Psychotherapy Training in Creative Supervision. She has presented her work in creative supervision in the UK and internationally at the Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organisation conference, Jerusalem 2011. She has written extensively on supervision and action methods.

Table of Contents

Foreword Peter Hawkins. Introduction Robin Shohet. 1. Breaking the Box: Supervision - A Challenge to Free Ourselves Jochen Encke, psychotherapist and supervisor. 2. Passionate Supervision: A Wider Landscape Julie Hewson, executive coach, educator and supervisor. 3. The ‘Ah Ha' Moment: Passionate Supervision as a Tool for Transformation and Metamorphosis David Owen, holistic physician and supervisor. 4. Mindful Supervision Sheila Ryan, homeopathic practitioner and supervisor. 5. The Supervisory Relationship: A Lifelong Calling Joan Wilmot, psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor. 6. The Born Again Supervisor Joe Wilmot, educational youth worker. 7. Psychodrama: A Passion for Action and Non-action in Supervision Anna Chesner, psychodrama trainer and creative psychotherapist. 8. The Passion for Change: A Life Story Lia Zografou, dramatherapist and supervisor. 9. Freeing the Passion to Learn Jane Reed, coach, consultant and university lecturer. 10. Fear and Love In and Beyond Supervision Robin Shohet, lecturer, consultant and supervisor. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.

Editorial Reviews

Shohet, a member of the Scottish spiritual community Findhorn, brings together supervisors from the fields of consultancy, education, psychotherapy, youth work, and medicine, many of whom have been supervising for over 29 years. The contributors explain why supervision continues to be just as important as when they first started, and many impart a spiritual perspective when describing how and why they have managed to stay passionate about their chosen career.

Book News

Overall the book presents a rich tapestry of writers with an eclectic mix of training and experience. In this respect I feel there is something for everyone to dip in and out of.

Drama Therapy

I would highly recommend this book for all supervisors and practice learning assessors.

The Higher Education Academy Social Policy and Social Work Subject Centre

This is a book that unashamedly brings love, spirit and soul into the heart of the supervision process but does so without becoming sanctimonious or precious. We see this through the various heart-felt experiences and stories of the different helping professionals that Robin Shohet has brought together

from the Foreword by Peter Hawkins

It is a pleasure to read a book about supervisory practice that invites the reader as this does.

Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal

This glorious little book is for anyone who is dubious about the value of supervision. anyone who argued against mandatory supervision at the 2007 CSTA AGM, and all supervisors and supervisees who want more from the supervisory relationship. Right now.I'm off to find a new supervisor.

The Fulcrum (Journal of the Craniosocial Therapy Association)