The Contemporary Relational Supervisor

The Contemporary Relational Supervisor is a reader-friendly textbook in its flow and vocabulary, integrative in orientation, and practical and pragmatic. The authors guide readers through nine objectives, supplemented with exercises, and help readers obtain the information and tools necessary for AAMFT Approved Supervisor credential. The nine objectives that are met by the end of the book are a discussion of the socio-historic development of the MFT supervision specialty; the fundamentals of MFT supervision; the contexts, philosophy, relationships, and pragmatics of supervision; the major models and approaches; the methods and practice of supervision; the principles of the evaluation process; ethical and legal issues; therapist development; and a presentation of methods to tailor and extend supervision practices to meet the clinical, institutional, and economic realities that MFT therapists navigate.