Applying the Therapeutic Function of Professional Supervision - Attending to the Emotional Impacts of Human Service Work

This book brings a fresh approach and conversation to the practice of professional supervision for human services by specifically articulating its often performed, but unnamed and under-explored therapeutic function.

List of contents

0.Introduction. 1.Defining the therapeutic function of supervision. 2.Relational skills to enable the therapeutic function. 3.Developing a coherent narrative. 4.Working with emotions. 5.Working with relational dynamics. 6.Connecting to compassion. 7.Supporting courage, grit, and resilience. 8.Strengthening holistic wellbeing. X.Conclusion

About the author

Nicki Weld (PhD) is a senior lecturer in the University of Auckland Post Graduate Professional Supervision Programme, and a supervisor and educator in human services in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She is a registered social worker with research interests in supervision, courage, trauma, and child and family work.

Summary

This book brings a fresh approach and conversation to the practice of professional supervision for human services by specifically articulating its often performed, but unnamed and under-explored therapeutic function.

Product details

• Authors: Nicki Weld
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032416373
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241637-3
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system