Group Supervision

A Guide to Creative Practice

Brigid Proctor author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd

Published:23rd Sep '08

Should be back in stock very soon

This paperback is available in another edition too:

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`The Second Edition of Group Supervision is essential reading for all participants in group supervision. It offers a comprehensive insight into the complexities of organising, managing and creatively facilitating a group or of being a practitioner in a cooperative peer group′ - Professor Sue Wheeler University of Leicester

Among the plethora of supervision books, Group Supervision is the only one dedicated to group work. Brigid Proctor shows how group supervision can provide a supportive environment in which practitioners learn from each others′ experience, finding positive and creative ways of working with the diversity which characterises all groups.

Examining tasks, roles and responsibilities of both supervisors and supervisees, she describes the skills needed for:

" managing different types of group,

" developing a flexible leadership style

" making sense of group and individual needs

" using creative methods.

The Second Edition of this popular text features up-to-date research findings on group supervision in organisations and further coverage of the challenge of ethical decision-making in groups. A new chapter considers the advantages of groups for supervisor development and training, stressing the urgency for greater accountability and research. Essential for all supervisors and trainers, the practical information in this book will also benefit those who manage organizations providing group supervision for counsellors and psychotherapists- be they employees, volunteers or trainees.

Brigid Proctor, Fellow of the BACP, is a retired Director of Counselling courses at South West London College and has subsequently worked freelance as a counsellor, supervisor, trainer and consultant.

Praise for the First Edition:

`A welcome addition to the literature... I thank Brigid Proctor for her guidelines for good practice and stimulating ideas for using the potential of groupwork within the supervision process′ -ACCORD


Relatively few books address the issue of supervision yet this is an integral component of the undergraduate programme at Salford. This book will be helpful to students on the Professional Practice module who in their third year will be encountering group supervision for the first time. -- Dr Alan Priest * drupal *
Pleased to recommend this classic text. -- Dr Els Van Ooijen * drupal *
Some useful information in it. Suggested that they use this as background reading prior to participating in group processes themselves. -- Mr Balakrishnan Rajamanickam * drupal *
By focussing on the group supervision, this book is definitely one for the shelf of any student in this area, as well as practitioners who want to get the most from this form of supervision. The latest edition has been updated with recent thinking in both research and the part that this form of supervision can play in Professional Practice. -- Mr Mike Bancroft * drupal *
This publication is a must for all supervisors new to supervising groups. The chapters are logically sequenced with essential information. -- Mr Richard Carroll * drupal *
I found this to be an excellent text , interesting, imaginative insightful and well written with a wide perspective and vision of considerations. A must for students progressing into a senior supervisory or mentoral role in psychotheray or health care....I would have liked to have seen a chapter on Solution Focussed Supervision which would I belive raise the readership of this text to a wider source. Well done. -- Mr Tony Ford * drupal *
This classic text, through its clear writing and structure, transcends its counselling origins into proving also to be an invaluable guide for those working in other social care and therapeutic arenas -- Mr Wulf Livingston * drupal *
Useful and some good ideas for supervisions as a group. A useful read for anyone undertaking supervisions -- Mrs Claire York * drupal *
This is an excellent resource book for any student undertake a supervision programme.

It is written in a clear manner and is easy to follow. -- Mrs Gisela Oates * drupal *
very useful for the unit Schools as Organisations made students realise the importance of supervisons for room groups -- Mrs Heather Langridge * drupal *
Our students have found this helpful in preparing fo group supervision. -- Mrs Mary Sherrill * drupal *
I found this text very helpful and will reccommend and use it in my current teaching role. I specifically found the explicit naming and thinking about the role we assume for the training organisation "the stakeholder".
This book creates the space for an in depth reflectionon the role of supervisor. I found the chapter on Agreements particularly helpful in giving me a framework for the work and also the creation of the safe space from which exploration can take place. The book covers a wide range of topics and encourages clarity and depth of thinking. -- Ms Jo Cruywagen * drupal *
This book provides such a good range of books samples for learners when you colouring supervision. It’s been adopted as the core group supervision resource -- Ms Liz Swanson * drupal *
This book is a wonderful resource for both students and tutors new to group supervision contexts. Relevant areas are discussed in a clear and informative manner and both theoretical and practical aspects associated with group supervision are addressed. -- Ms Stephanie Revell * drupal *
This is a book I would recommend to mental health nuring students as they encounter group supervision, this book would help them prepare for and make sense of their experience. -- Pamela Pringle * drupal *

ISBN: 9781847873354

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 360g

248 pages

2nd Revised edition