1st Edition
Intercultural Supervision in Therapeutic Practice Dialogues, Perspectives and Reflections
Intercultural Supervision in Therapeutic Practice extends the dynamics of intercultural principles beyond the scope of the therapy room to the supervisory relationship.
The book spotlights reflections from diverse cultural and "racial" identities and modalities, facilitating critical exchanges and conversations amongst the contributors without the constriction of rank. Trainee and qualified therapists who are not supervisors highlight the radical perspective of their placement supervision experience within intercultural settings and some pitfalls encountered in non-intercultural practice contexts. Chapters by experienced supervisors describe and review interventions, with recommendations for practice. The themes covered include the supervision of trainees within agencies, multi-disciplinary women working with survivors of domestic violence, and the supervision of therapists working with refugees and asylum seekers.
At once contemporary and historical, this volume will serve as a reference for inquiring academics, and be of interest to students and clinicians undertaking supervision training, and supervisors and practitioners seeking to offer supervision to multi-disciplinary mental health practitioners.
Part 1: Mapping Supervisions
1. Beyond recognition: Rac(ing) in supervision: In relation to global majority therapists-in-training and its relevance to professional identity
Charles Brown
2. Supervision within the context of decolonisation and intersectionality
Oye Agoro
3. Drawing attention to what is and isn’t said, seen, heard, felt, and communicated in the intercultural supervisory space
Angie Knorpel
and Peter Cockersell
Part 2: Supervision and the Social
4. The reflective group process for female workers
Dilek Güngör
5. Nafsiyat Refugee Project: An Intercultural Psychotherapy Supervision Model
Gita Patel
6. Themes in an intercultural approach to supervision: Working with survivors of abuse
Waheeda Islam
Part 3: Developmental Perspectives
7. Passing as White - Colour blindness in the journey of a Multiracial Psychotherapist
Ravind Jeawon
8. An Attachment Approach to Working with Issues of Difference in an Intercultural Setting
Caroline Adewole
Part 4: Supervision as intercultural training [potentialities and pitfalls]
9. Interplays of Visible and Invisible Differences in the Intercultural Supervision Frame
Eda Avcioglu
10. My Journey with Omar in Supervision
Ali Donat
11. Call to adventure: The pitfalls of a narrative structure for an intercultural trainee
Hady Kamar
12. Towards an intercultural supervision
Kiros Hetep
13. Hidden Realities
Anna Chait
Ananse(sɛm)
14. Ananse(sɛm): Supervisory insights from his shattered pot of wisdom
Baffour Ababio
Biography
Baffour Ababio is a psychoanalytic intercultural psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in private practice and at the Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre, where he is Clinical Lead. Baffour completed his psychotherapy training at University College London and his supervision training at the Guild of Psychotherapists and is a member of UKCP and BAPPS. With Roland Littlewood, he has co-edited a volume on intercultural psychotherapy entitled Intercultural Therapy: Challenges, Insights and Developments.
‘This book is a must read for every supervisor and supervisee. The collection of chapters passionately and comprehensively delve into the interplay of intercultural elements in supervision and therapy. The authors urge supervisors and Supervisees to explore and sensitively engage with the nuances and clues of race and culture in the therapeutic process. This volume paves the way for open conversations amongst clinicians in the supervision space. A rich, deep and valuable work.’
Pınar Çakır, Trainee Counsellor at Enfield Counselling Service.
‘This comprehensive collection of writings is a rare invitation to envision a supervisory space that embraces the often hidden and complex lived experiences which touch the borders of race and culture. With candour and honesty, the various authors offer the therapy profession supervisor and supervisee perspectives that provide learning, challenge and, importantly, hope.’
Eugene Ellis, Author of The Race Conversation: An essential guide to creating life-changing dialogue.
‘The singular achievement of this volume is its presentation of trainee chronicles within its multiple voices. It is an invitation to therapists in training to understand the many perspectives within their supervision. The book exposes the reader to a fuller realm of the experiential complexities within the supervision encounter. The writings of these practitioners are crucial, introducing us to a future generation of essayists in the clinical supervision field of race and culture. Which is often missing from other studies on supervision.’
Monika Schwartz, Director of Better Practice Advisors and former CEO of Women's Therapy Centre.
