Routledge A Different Wisdom: Reflections on Supervision Practice: Guide to Supervision: 1 (The Guide to Supervision Series)

Britain has a fine tradition of writing about supervision practice. This book connects to this by organising reflection around the practice taken from the author's sixteen years experience as a practitioner. Taking three broad sets of tasks of supervision as an organising frame, the book weaves examples of professional experience with current research and other reflective writing. From a broadly humanistic perspective, it examines the developmental journey of a supervisor interested in the overlap of the personal and the professional. Review "In a warm and personally revealing style Penny offers illuminating reflections on supervision, often heartfelt and always thoughtful, illustrated with many examples from her practice. The essence of this book lies in the successful balance of authority, which has its foundation in Penny's comprehension of her experience and knowledge of the literature, with her vulnerability as a reflective learner: wisdom indeed."--Steve Page, co-author of Supervising the Counsellor "Penny has a gift for combining theory and practice and this book is a prime example of reflective learning. It covers well known and well trodden paths within supervisory writings, such as contracts, ethics and relationships, to less known and less discussed areas in supervision such as vulnerability, retirement and endings, and supervision and bereavement. Above all, the book is a template of how events and experiences turn to learning through open and honest reflection. It's not just a book about how to do supervision - it's a book about how to be and live a supervisory life. It is truly integrative as it combines theory and practice, research and reflection, strength and vulnerability, breadth and depth, story and principle. In her final comments Penny says that her intention in writing was to engage the reader "in the pragmatic and juicy realities of supervision." She does this marvellously well and her easy style, her honest stories, her own learning vulnerability lead to a host of valuable supervisory insights that are truly juicy."--Michael Carroll PhD, Visiting Industrial Professor "Penny Henderson offers us an excellent resource for both trainee and experienced supervisors alike. In addition, it will be of interest to anyone interested in accessing and exploring the relational and experiential aspects of supervision. Penny also offers a wealth of informative and pragmatic resources for supporting good practice in supervision. The book is true to its title--its wisdom flows from the author's extensive knowledge and practice within supervision. I highly recommend this accessible and engaging narrative on supervision."--Dr Lynne Gabriel, Chair "The book is such a delight to read because it contains so much that is good; the author's very personal voice and extensive experience--which indeed resonates with the title--a different wisdom; the range of aspects of supervision covered; the use of the author's own research and that of others to support what she writes. I particularly enjoyed the part that addressed ageing and retirement--something that is rarely addressed in the literature and is of great relevance in a profession where many practitioners have to come to the work as a second career, in midlife, and often have only begun to get into their stride when they arrive at what society sees as the 'normal' age of retirement. I...recommended [the] book ...and think it should be a core text for all supervision trainings."--Professor Kim Etherington About the Author Penny Henderson