Working with Embodiment in Supervision

Jo Bownas is a consultant systemic psychotherapist and supervisor working within the NHS. She provides supervision and consultation to therapists and other practitioners working in the National Health Service, in social care, and in independent practice. Glenda Fredman is a consultant clinical psychologist and systemic psychotherapist within the NHS. She contributes to a number of national public services and international organisations, where she works at all levels of organisations with service users in therapy, with staff in training, supervision and consultation, and with teams and organisations in consultation.

'This book is that rare thing: innovative, practical and developmental. A wise and experienced collection of contributors bring themselves personally and professionally, to explore neglected areas in supervision and practice; power, difference, attraction, disgust and the intentional use of our bodies within supervision. It should, deservedly, become recommended reading for all counsellors and therapists of any orientation. All will be engaged and will take something away for their practice.' - Peter Pearce, Faculty Head, Metanoia Institute'This is an inspiring and thought provoking book that attends uniquely to our embodied selves as supervisors and supervisees – an area for too long left to the side in systemic practice. Its particular appeal lies in the interweaving of theory with often intimate and personal accounts of supervisory practice, and its keen attention to power and social difference in supervisory relationships. Authors encourage us to explore their ideas further by offering guidelines for practical application, ensuring this will become a treasured resource for seasoned supervisors as well as newcomers to supervision.' - Grace Heaphy, Section of Family Therapy, King’s College London."Working with Embodiment in Supervision is groundbreaking and can be used across all theoretical orientations. It furrows new territory and invites you to interact with its innovative, page-turning ideas in ways which will entice you and forever change your work." – Janine Roberts, from the foreword. "A shift, a major shift, is beginning to take place in how we think and talk in relation to our communication with each other, and it is reflected in all the concerns voiced by the contributors to this book." - John Shotter, from the afterword.

• Introduction PART 1 1. The construction of racial identity: Implications for clinical supervision 2. Supervision across ethnic difference: Learning of a White supervisor and manager 3. Supervision as a cluster of conversations 4. Using supervision to prepare our bodies for the therapeutic relationship 5. Reflecting on power and difference in the supervision process PART 2 6. Supervision as relational responsivity: The body in co-ordinated meaning making 7. Bodies in conversation: An approach to body-focused supervision 8. Supervision of arousal and disgust 9. Mindfulness: Bringing body and breath to supervision 9. Continuing the conversation : Reflecting on embodiment in supervision 10. After Words Index