The Complete Systemic Supervisor: Context, Philosophy, and Pragmatics

Systemic therapy and accompanying supervision are practiced by many professionals, including couple, marriage and family therapists, social workers, psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, and other healthcare providers.  Long considered the definitive text on systemic supervision, this comprehensive, in–depth treatment of the subject is now presented in a fully updated second edition that includes auxiliary online resources. As well as laying out an overarching framework for systemic supervision, the text offers readers a set of guidelines for building a personal approach to their practice, tailored to their specific contexts. The comprehensive nature, inclusion of specific supervision models, in–depth discussion regarding ethics, outcome education, cultural equity, and international implications, as well as the numerous case illustrations throughout, distinguish this book from all competing titles. The new edition also highlights evolving contexts for systemic supervision such as healthcare, schools, and the military.  The on–line supplement consists of highly practical resources for supervisors to use to enhance their supervision. Readers can easily adapt forms, instruments, and examples of documents to their setting and incorporate strategies into their everyday practice of supervision.   

Supervisory Challenge:  Transitioning to a New Professional Endeavor Checking Your Approach—Does it Reflect Systemic/Relational Supervision? (Cheryl L. Storm & Thomas C. Todd) Locating Contextually–Informed Best Practices for Systemic Supervision (Cheryl L.  Storm & Thomas C. Todd) Examining Systemic Supervisors’ Personal Assumptions & Practices (Sandra Rigazio–DiGilio) Developing Ethical Decision–Making in Systemic Supervision (Ingeborg E. Haug & Cheryl L. Storm)  Supervisory Challenge:  Addressing Critical Aspects of Supervision Using Experiential Learning in Supervising & Training Systemic Supervisors (Anne M. Prouty) Assessing Learning Styles & Tailoring Systemic Supervisory Interventions (Sandra A. Rigazio–DiGilio) Implementing Your Systemic Approach with Customized Forms (Thomas C. Todd, Rick Whiteside, & Stephanie Brooks)  Facilitating Systemic Supervision Contract Agreements in a Range of Settings (Various Authors from Different Settings) Supervisory Challenge:  Responding to Evolving Contexts and Issues in Supervision Becoming a Global–Minded Systemic Supervisor & Therapist (Jason J. Platt) Implementing Technology in Systemic Supervision   (Kevin Lyness) Adopting a Policy for Social Media in Supervision (Keely Kolmes) Supporting Supervisees in School Settings (Anne A. Hearon Rambo & Tommie V. Boyd) Supervising Systemic Healthcare Specialists (Jennifer L. Hodgson) Supervising as a Civilian in the Military Context   (Angela L. Lansom) Integrating Psychodynamic & Systemic Supervision (Peter A. Reiner) Supervising Systemic Couple Therapists (Cheryl L. Storm) Supervisory Challenge:  Staying Creative in Supervision Using Shake UP as a Tool for Self–Supervision (Thomas C. Todd) Interacting–Reflecting Exercise in Supervision (Peter Rober) Telling the Story of the Therapist (Bruce Kahl) Positive Self–Monitoring (Cheryl L. Storm) Highlighting Success in Groups (Carla Pond) Helping Supervisees Master Enactments (Sean M. Davis) Supervisory Challenge:  Reflecting on the Self–of–the–Supervisor & Self–of–the–Therapist Promoting Cultural Equity with an Assessment System (Pilar Hernandez–Wolfe) Mapping Social Capital in Supervision (Marisol Garcia & Teresa McDowell) Using the Person–of–the–Therapist Supervision Instrument (Harry J. Aponte & J. Carol Carlsen) Identifying Signature Themes (Harry J. Aponte & Kami Kissell) Learning from the Double and Triple Genogram in Supervision (Shirley Braverman) Doing a Cultural Genogram in Supervision (Kenneth V. Hardy & Tracey A. Laszloffy) Incorporating Feminist Practices in Systemic Supervision (Anne M. Prouty) Developing Gay Affirmative Practices in Systemic Supervision (Christi R. McGeorge, Tom Stone Carlson, & Cheryl L. Storm) Exploring Spirituality in Systemic Supervision (J. Mark Killmer) Practicing Mindfulness in Systemic Supervision (Eric E. McCollum & Diane R. Gehart) Supervisory Challenge:  Providing Feedback, Evaluation, & Gatekeeping Reflecting in Supervision (Janine Roberts & Layne Prest) Minding the Power in Systemic Supervision Evaluation (Cheryl L. Storm) Incorporating Client Feedback about Outcome and Alliance into Supervision (Jacqueline A. Sparks, Tiffani S. Kisler, Jerome F. Adams, & Dale G. Blumen) Using the STIC to Measure Progress In Therapy And Supervision (William Pinsof & Jay Lebow) Evaluating Supervisees’ Systemic Core Competencies with Instruments (Linda M. Perosa & Sandra L. Perosa) Assessing Supervisees with the Basic Skills Evaluation Device (Thorana S. Nelson & Lee N. Johnson) Using the Supervisor Feedback Form (Lee Williams) Supervisory Challenge:  Becoming a Mentor & Training Supervisors Designing a Mentorship Contract and an Evaluation Process (Anne M. Prouty) Contracting Agreements for Systemic Supervision in a Country Other than Your Own (Cheryl L. Storm, Lee–Chun, & Mudita Rastogi)

Thomas C. Todd is on the faculty of the Chicago Center for Family Health and is the former Chair of the Marriage and Family Therapy Department at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, USA. He is internationally known for his book with M. Duncan Stanton, The Family Therapy of Drug Abuse and Addiction (1982), and for Family Therapy Approaches with Adolescent Substance Abusers (1991). A longstanding member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) he has recently focused on international training, working with therapists and supervisors in Scandinavia, Brazil, and Romania.   Cheryl L. Storm is Professor Emerita and former Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy program, Pacific Lutheran University, USA. Her papers on education and supervision have appeared in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Journal of Systemic Therapies, Handbook of Clinical Issues in Couple Therapy, and Handbook of Family Therapy. In addition to teaching supervision courses for community supervisors in the USA, Canada and Mexico, she currently consults and does workshops on supervision in Asia.  She has been a longstanding and active member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).