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April, 2012 | SAGE Publications, Inc

Strengths-Based Supervision in Clinical Practice


Jeffrey K. Edwards
- Northeastern Illinois University, USA
264 pages | April, 2012 | SAGE Publications, Inc
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The Next Generation of Supervision Practices in Clinical Settings

Author Jeffrey K. Edwards reframes the model of supervision, management, and leadership in clinical practice using an approach that focuses on collaboration and strength-building, with supervisees as competent stakeholders in their work with clients. Deconstructing the usual top-down hierarchy, this text leads the reader through the full range of supervision practices, from the clinical aspects to the administration of all organizations where clinicians are trained, supervised, and encouraged to excel and grow. Edwards starts with a review of the traditional clinical supervision model (two full chapters) and moves on to his strengths-based model, which covers agency and organizational work—all examined using a contemporary, social construction approach.

 

Forward
Prologue
Part I- In the Beginning
1. The History and Traditions of Clinical Supervision
2. Executive Skills of Strengths-Based Supervision
Part II- A Time for a Change to a New Model
3. A Time for Change
4. Strengths-Based Clinical Supervision Primer: Social Constructivism and Postmodernism
5. Strengths-Based Clinical Supervision Primer: From the Roots of Psychology
6. Larger Systems: Strengths-Based Management and Leadership
Part III- Faces of Strength: Putting my Currency where my Mouth Is
7. Supervision Sessions and Personnel Management: Vantage Point, Point of View, and Perspective
8. Two Case Studies
Part IV- Moving into the Future
9. Lessons Learned and Where to from Here?
10. Epilogue

KEY FEATURES:

  • Broad and rich tone for all who are interested in providing excellent supervision at any level
  • Complete review of the supervisory field to date with historical perspective and reviews of traditional clinical supervision models
  • Comprehensive presentation of the strengths-based model, which includes narrative- and solutions-focused concepts, as well as positive psychology and organizational/leadership management methods and theories
  • Theory and application suggestions of how to apply these to clinical supervisory settings
  • Vignettes and case studies with real-life examples of supervision practices in action
  • Emphasis on multicultural and cross-cultural influences on the field of supervision with an excellent review of the literature on cultural considerations in clinical supervision
  • Alternative methods and theories of change at the macro level that parallel those of strengths-based clinical work