Full Spectrum Supervision

Edna Murdoch is an experienced coach and a pioneer in the field of coaching supervision. She is founder and director of The Coaching Supervision Academy which runs an accredited and internationally successful supervision programme. Her conference presentations on supervision include those at EMCC, ICF, AC and Oxford Brookes. Edna has a busy global supervision practice working with individuals and with groups.

This book is written by qualified, experienced professional supervisors; their wisdom and skill is evident in every chapter. Full Spectrum Supervision takes the reader into the heart of reflective practice and provides fascinating insights into the complexities of this transformative work. The book offers the reader a unique view of what actually happens in supervision and shares many new and practical exercises; these can be used by a widerange of professionals and adapted to make your practice stronger. The case studies illuminate key skills that have emerged from mature practice. Through exploring the Full Spectrum Model in these chapters, the reader will take away new ways of relating to and developing people. If you work with people and want to build your professional skills and your capacity to engage staff or clients, then this is the book for you. The book is generousoffering many new perspectives on supervision, new interventions, new maps and models which demonstrate the authors' original thinking and their commitment to best practice. "Who you are, is how you supervise".

Preface Contributors Foreword Introduction - overview of coaching supervision Edna Murdoch 1 Coaching supervision - an ethical angle Alison Hodge 2 Mind, body and metaphor Jackie Arnold 3 Heart to heart - a meeting place for transformational learning Samuel P. Magill Sr. 4 Reflective learning and the reflective practitioner Elaine Patterson 5 Mindfulness and presence in supervision Ian Mackenzie 6 Coaching supervision: a psychodynamic approach Kate Lanz 7 Invitation to the music: the transpersonal note in coaching supervision Karyn Prentice Testimonials