Passionate Supervision

Robin Shohet has been teaching supervision through the Centre for Supervision and Team Development for 30 years. He is co-author of Supervision in the Helping Professions (Open University Press, 3rd edition 2006) and editor of Passionate Medicine: Making the transition from conventional medicine to homeopathy (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005). He lives with his family at the Findhorn Foundation, a spiritual community in the North East of Scotland.

Practitioners working in the helping professions realise the importance of supervision as a space for: reflection; compassionate inquiry; and continuing professional development. This book presents examples of good practice which will help readers to enhance their own supervisory relationships.

Foreword Peter Hawkins. Introduction Robin Shohet. 1. Breaking the Box: Supervision - A Challenge to Free Ourselves Jochen Encke, psychotherapist and supervisor. 2. Passionate Supervision: A Wider Landscape Julie Hewson, executive coach, educator and supervisor. 3. The `Ah Ha' Moment: Passionate Supervision as a Tool for Transformation and Metamorphosis David Owen, holistic physician and supervisor. 4. Mindful Supervision Sheila Ryan, homeopathic practitioner and supervisor. 5. The Supervisory Relationship: A Lifelong Calling Joan Wilmot, psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor. 6. The Born Again Supervisor Joe Wilmot, educational youth worker. 7. Psychodrama: A Passion for Action and Non-action in Supervision Anna Chesner, psychodrama trainer and creative psychotherapist. 8. The Passion for Change: A Life Story Lia Zografou, dramatherapist and supervisor. 9. Freeing the Passion to Learn Jane Reed, coach, consultant and university lecturer. 10. Fear and Love In and Beyond Supervision Robin Shohet, lecturer, consultant and supervisor. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.