Many psychotherapists today realise the importance of attending to nonverbal embodied communications in psychotherapy. However, supervision still tends to rely on the verbal exchange; the supervisee presents a case, and the supervisor provides comments verbally.
Many years of experience with embodied approaches to supervision have convinced me that supervisees hold important unconscious knowledge about themselves and their patients in their bodies. I believe it is the supervisors responsibility to help the supervisee to gain access to her/his own experience.
In this volume on embodied approaches to supervision Celine Butte and Tasha Colbert have collected several innovative ways to engage the body in the supervision process. I therefore highly recommend this book to those who wish to learn how body-based approaches enhance psychotherapy supervision.
Jon Sletvold, Author of The Embodied Analyst From Freud and Reich to Relationality
The hybrid nature of this book reflects the increased interest in cross-modalities in supervision. It presents diverse approaches with the body as the site of reflection and containment illustrated by case vignettes. This rich collection of inspiring chapters makes a very valuable contribution to all psychotherapists and counsellors who wish to learn more about creative embodied approaches in supervision.
Helen Payne, Professor, PhD, Reg. ADMP UK & UKCP, Chair in Psychotherapy, University of Hertfordshire, UK, Author in, and Editor of Essentials of Dance Movement Psychotherapy: International Perspectives from Theory, Research and Practice
A valuable addition to the literature which rightfully gives prominence to the body, and shows that it is possible to work somatically on line.
Robin and Joan Shohet co-authors of In Love with Supervision
The creativity of the authors contributing to this book is based on rich and profound knowledge; their wealth of ideas, theoretical and practical is remarkable. Their focus is clear: the embodied care in the supervisory context. My experience of reading this book is of being moved, touched and inspired as well as feeling a resonance with my own thinking and practice.
Hilda Wengrower, DMT, Ph.D. Co-editor of Dance and Creativity within Dance Movement Therapy. International Perspectives
