Strengths-Based Supervision in Clinical Practice

Dr. Jeffrey K. Edwards earned his doctorate in Counselor Education at Northern Illinois University. As an Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, he was a clinical supervising faculty for the Family Institute of Northwestern University. His clinical specializations are in the areas of Couple & Family Counseling and Sex Therapy, Substance Abuse, and Clinical Supervision. He is a professor Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University and taught courses in Introductory Family Counseling; Advanced Marriage and Family Counseling; Children, Youth and their Systems; and Clinical Supervision. He was the president of the Illinois Counseling Association and the Illinois Counselor Educators and Supervisors Association and served as an executive board member of the Illinois Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.

"Dr. Edwards has provided a positive strengths-based overview of clinic-based supervision. Supervisors will come away with a new, more positive approach on how to conduct their relationships with those they supervise. The book is especially strong on the MFT forms of supervision though other approaches are also referenced. The illustrations from his interactions with supervisees are especially helpful in fleshing out the ideas he is highlighting. Supervisors in clinical settings will find much to consider in this volume."

• ForwardProloguePart I- In the Beginning1. The History and Traditions of Clinical Supervision2. Executive Skills of Strengths-Based SupervisionPart II- A Time for a Change to a New Model3. A Time for Change4. Strengths-Based Clinical Supervision Primer: Social Constructivism and Postmodernism5. Strengths-Based Clinical Supervision Primer: From the Roots of Psychology6. Larger Systems: Strengths-Based Management and LeadershipPart III- Faces of Strength: Putting my Currency where my Mouth Is7. Supervision Sessions and Personnel Management: Vantage Point, Point of View, and Perspective8. Two Case StudiesPart IV- Moving into the Future9. Lessons Learned and Where to from Here?10. Epilogue