The Contemporary Relational Supervisor 2nd edition (2^nd Ed.)

The Contemporary Relational Supervisor, 2nd edition, is an empirically based, academically sophisticated, and learner-friendly text on the cutting edge of couple and family therapy supervision.

This extensively revised second edition provides emerging supervisors with the conceptual and pragmatic tools to engage a new wave of therapists, helping them move forward together into a world of highly systemic, empirically derived, relational, developmental, and integrative supervision and clinical practice. The authors discuss major supervision models and approaches, evaluation, ethical and legal issues, and therapist development. They present methods that help tailor and extend supervision practices to meet the clinical, institutional, economic, and cultural realities that CFT therapists navigate. Filled with discussions and exercises to engage readers throughout, as well as updates surrounding telehealth and social justice, this practical text helps emerging therapists feel more grounded in their knowledge and develop their own personal voice.

The book is intended for developing and experienced clinicians and supervisors intent on acquiring up-to-date and forward-looking, systemic, CFT supervisory mastery.

PART I: Understanding the Supervisory Process: An Overview; 1: Basic Ingredients in the Supervisory Process;2: Systemic Supervisory Relationships, Roles, and Goals; 3: Getting Started: Readiness and Procedures; 4: Screening, Contracts, Core Competencies, Evaluation, and Feedback-Centered Supervision; PART II: Relational Supervision Practices; 5: A Closer Look at Supervision Formats; 6: Approaches to Supervision; 7: Effective Supervision According to the Literature; 8: Supervision Based on Core Competencies; 9: Supervising Manual-Based Models; PART III: Contextual Considerations ; 10: Contextual Aspects of Supervision: Settings, Culture, and Self; 11: Legal Aspects of Relational Supervision; 12: Ethical Considerations in Relational Supervision; 13: Self of the Therapist, Self of the Supervisor; PART IV: Troubleshooting and Writing a Personal Philosophy of Supervision Paper; 14: Troubleshooting and Pragmatics in the Relational Training System; 15: Developing Your Personal Philosophy of Supervision Paper

Robert E. Lee is a senior family science researcher and couple and family clinician who has shaped major academic CFT training programs and served on organizational and governmental panels and boards.

Thorana S. Nelson is a couple and family therapist, supervisor, and educator. She developed and has taught in the AAMFT Foundations of Family Therapy Supervision online course.