Existential Perspectives on Supervision

'[van Deurzen and Young]... capture beautifully the essence of the existential approach and lay down the foundations of the present state of existential supervision with an agenda for the future if it is to make the impact it deserves.' - Michael Carroll, Existential Analysis

EMMY VAN DEURZEN is Director of the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling and Founder of Regents College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, UK. She is Professor of Psychotherapy at Schiller International University, Honorary Professor at University of Sheffield and also Visiting Professor at Middlesex University. Her publications include Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice 2e, Existential Perspectives on Human Issues (co-edited) and Psychotherapy and the Quest for Happiness. SARAH YOUNG is an existential psychotherapist and counselling psychologist. She has been teaching on counselling and psychology courses for nearly twenty years and also works in private practice as a psychotherapist, supervisor and counsellor. She has contributed chapters to many books, including Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy, Existential Perspectives on Human Issues and When Death Enters the Therapeutic Space.

Preface Setting the Scene: Philosophical Parameters for Existential Supervision; E.Van Deurzen& S.Young PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EXISTENTIAL SUPERVISION Virtue in Supervision: Aristotle; A.Macaro Deliberations on Supervision: Kierkegaard; L.Moja-Strasser Phenomenology and Supervision: Husserl; M.Adams The Supervisory Relationship: Buber, Levinas and Rogers; L.Barnet Existential Sexuality and Embodiment: Merleau-Ponty; P.Smith-Pickard PART II: EXISTENTIAL SUPERVISION IN PRACTICE Aims of Supervision; E.Van Deurzen Online Group Supervision; S.Lee The World of Addiction; S.du Plock Working with Young Offenders; K.Weixel Dixon Existential Supervision in the NHS; D.Tantum & B.Kumar PART III: QUESTIONING AND DEVELOPING EXISTENTIAL SUPERVISION Supervision As We Know It; M.Milton Responsibility in Existential Supervision; D.Mitchell Givens of Supervision: A Cross-Theoretical Framework; A.Strasser Evocative Supervision: A Non-Clinical Approach; G.Madison The Future of Existential Supervision; E.Van Deurzen& S.Young Glossary