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While feminist therapy has grown in stature and recognition in the last few decades, comparatively little has been written about supervision and consultation from a feminist standpoint. In this book, Dr. Laura Brown remedies this deficit by presenting a theoretically-grounded, yet practical approach to supervision based on the principles of feminist psychotherapy.
List of contents
Foreword to the Clinical Supervision Essentials Series
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Basic Principles of Feminist Supervision
Chapter 2: Epistemologies and Methodologies of Feminist Supervision
Chapter 3: Structure and Process of Feminist Supervision
Chapter 4: Handling Common Supervisory Challenges
Chapter 5: Development of Supervisors, Development of the Field: Future Directions for Feminist Supervision Practice
Appendix A: Sample Feminist Supervision Evaluation Form
Appendix B: Sample Feminist Supervision Agreement
Appendix C: Sample Private Practice Consultation Agreement — Professional Consultation Services Agreement
Appendix D: Feminist Therapy Institute Code of Ethics (Revised, 1999)
Suggested Readings
References
Index
About the Author
About the author
Laura S. Brown, PhD, ABPP, has been a practitioner of feminist psychotherapy, supervision, and forensic psychology since the 1970s. As the author of the foundational text
Subversive Dialogues: Theory in Feminist Therapy, in addition to 11 other books and more than 150 articles and book chapters, she has been a major contributor to theory and practice in the fields of feminist psychotherapy and trauma treatment. Dr. Brown has been featured in APA DVDs about feminist therapy, trauma treatment, and feminist approaches to supervision, and has also lectured on these and related topics in the United States, Canada, Israel, Taiwan, Australia, and Europe. From 2006 to 2015, she directed the Fremont Community Therapy Project, a feminist therapy training clinic that she founded. She is a fellow of nine APA divisions, the Association for Psychological Science, and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. A late-in-life student of aikido, Dr. Brown was working toward her black belt at the time of this book's publication.
Summary
While feminist therapy has grown in stature and recognition in the last few decades, comparatively little has been written about supervision and consultation from a feminist standpoint. In this book, Dr. Laura Brown remedies this deficit by presenting a theoretically-grounded, yet practical approach to supervision based on the principles of feminist psychotherapy.
