Relational Processes in Counselling and Psychotherapy Supervision

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Ottar Ness, Sheila McNamee, Øyvind Kvello

   Pages 1-7

3. Theoretical Foundations of Relational Processes in Supervision

   • Sheila McNamee

   Pages 9-24

4. Constructing Supervision: Integrating the Professional and Personal into a Relational Self—An Invitation to Relational Integration

   • John Burnham, Barbara McKay

   Pages 25-53

5. Relational Responsibility: Ethics and Power in Supervision

   • Sheila McNamee, Julie Tilsen

   Pages 55-75

6. Making the Combination of Support and Social Control Work in Supervision

   • Øyvind Kvello

   Pages 77-101

7. The Artistry of Stuck-Ness

   • Billy Hardy

   Pages 103-118

8. ‘The Difference that Makes a Difference? A Qualitative Study of Cultural Differences and Similarities in Supervision’

   • Philip Messent, Reenee Singh

   Pages 119-149

9. A Child-Friendly Supervision: Inviting Children to Participate

   • Øyvind Kvello

   Pages 151-166

10. Safety and Self-Care of the Supervisor

    • Arlene Vetere

    Pages 167-176

11. Back Matter

    Pages 177-178

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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.

• Training and Supervision in Counselling and Psychotherapy
• systemic therapy
• relational psychotherapy
• Social constructionism
• relational supervision
• Supervision and culture
• Peer-group supervision
• video and client feedback
• supervisor self-care

• Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

  Ottar Ness, Øyvind Kvello

• Department of Communication, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

  Sheila McNamee

Ottar Ness is Professor of Counselling at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Adjunct Professor at the program of family therapy and systemic practice at VID Scientific University in Norway, Senior Advisor at the National Competence Centre for Mental Health Care, Norway, and Taos Institute Associate, USA.

Sheila McNamee is Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire and Vice President, Co-Founder, and Board member of The Taos Institute, USA.

Øyvind Kvello is Professor of Special Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

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