The Contemporary Relational Supervisor 2nd edition

Product Description
The Contemporary Relational Supervisor, 2nd edition, is an empirically based, academically sophisticated, and learner-friendly text on the cutting edge of couple and family therapy supervision.
This extensively revised second edition provides emerging supervisors with the conceptual and pragmatic tools to engage a new wave of therapists, helping them move forward together into a world of highly systemic, empirically derived, relational, developmental, and integrative supervision and clinical practice. The authors discuss major supervision models and approaches, evaluation, ethical and legal issues, and therapist development. They present methods that help tailor and extend supervision practices to meet the clinical, institutional, economic, and cultural realities that CFT therapists navigate. Filled with discussions and exercises to engage readers throughout, as well as updates surrounding telehealth and social justice, this practical text helps emerging therapists feel more grounded in their knowledge and develop their own personal voice.
The book is intended for developing and experienced clinicians and supervisors intent on acquiring up-to-date and forward-looking, systemic, CFT supervisory mastery.
Review
Reading this book reminded me just how much the literature on supervision is siloed, with the consequence that those of us in psychology are missing excellent work on supervision being written by our couples and family therapy colleagues (and presumably, vice versa). Lee and Nelson have drawn on their rich clinical experience and deep knowledge of the literature to write a book that not only provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of supervision, but does so in a clear, practical, and engaging way. I strongly recommend it to anyone, including fellow psychologists and psychology students, who want to deepen their knowledge of supervision.
Rod Goodyear
Emeritus Professor
University of Southern California and University of Redlands
Contemporary Relational Supervision is a must read for supervisors of all levels. It provides a deep dive into the evidence-based literature for best practice in systemic clinical supervision. Essential topics related to diversity and inclusion are integrated throughout the text which is essential for the practice of Socially Just Supervision.
Toni Schindler Zimmerman, PhD, LMFT
MFT Program Director, Colorado State University
Contemporary Relational Supervision (2nd ed.) is nothing short of a revolution in clinical supervision. No other text on the market covers the depth and breadth of topics tackled by Lee and Nelson in this impressive volume, encouraging readers to cultivate a personal style of supervision as well as guidance on highly relevant topics such as telesupervision. Written with incredible clarity, attention to context, and refreshing humility and charm, this text reinvents relational supervision and is a must-have for any systemic therapist beginning their supervisory journey.
Katherine M. Hertlein
Professor, Couple and Family Therapy Program
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
If Lee and Nelson’s Contemporary Relational Supervision was a client family in a session, this text would read like its genogram, with the authors skillfully laying out for us who in the field did what, when, and how―along with all of the nuance and detail one appreciates in the best kind of genogram narrative. The history of systems supervision ideas is only part of the package; in this book, Lee and Nelson’s scholarship on the practice of supervision in family therapy is as comprehensive and engaging as the suggested exercises and tasks at the end of every chapter. Just as with the best of genograms, this book invites the reader to consider the patterns of supervision scholarship and practice across the generations, while also inspiring us to make our own contribution to its sound future.
Laurie L Charlés,
Global Family Systems & Psychosocial Resil