Exploring what is meant by transformative supervision and how it can be undertaken, including inspiring ideas for practice

Supervision is a valuable protected space for personal and professional development that has the potential to contribute greatly to positive transformative change.

This book explores what is meant by transformative supervision and how it can be undertaken. It examines the key factors that contribute to the transformative function, such as the role of observation and questioning, the importance of working with emotions, and exploring intuition. The book takes an in-depth look at the supervisory relationship and offers real examples from practice to illustrate the ideas in action. Offering a range of practical strategies, techniques, and approaches to enhance current supervision practice, this book brings a new voice to the topic of supervision by emphasising how it can contribute to continuous learning and self-development.

Suitable for all those in the helping professions including social workers, counsellors, psychotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and probation officers, this practical book is an invaluable guide to enhancing supervision and promoting both individual and social change.

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This short book takes the reader on an absorbing journey to the transformative potential that supervision holds within the current environment in which we live and practice... The book is innovative, creative and practical, and revitalises our thoughts around the
use of supervision and critically reflective practice. Weld provides a personal quality to the book through the sharing of her own experiences that engages the reader... I strongly recommend this text to everyone
engaged in a supervisory relationship in the helping professions with a desire to enhance their practice and promote change.