Relational Processes in Counselling and Psychotherapy Supervision

This book is focused on relational processes in supervision for counselling and psychotherapy.  The aim is first to introduce a

relational theoretical stance, then to apply that stance to the process of supervision, and finally to offer practitioners

immediately accessible resources for relational supervision. Within a relational perspective, supervisor and supervisees are

viewed as partners who co-construct the supervisory process. Unlike other approaches to supervision where the emphasis is

on specific techniques and strategies for supervision, the relational orientation of this book invites supervisor and

supervisee into different understandings of the supervisory interaction. This orientation directs our attention to the

importance of co-creating the therapeutic relation/alliance with special attention to the wellbeing of the the supervisee and

the supervisor. Supervision, from this perspective, is focused on what participants are making together rather than onthe

individual abilities, strengths, and weaknesses of either the supervisor or the supervisee.