Name of Concept
Group Supervision in Couple and Family Therapy
Introduction
Group supervision is one format used in training or consultation by marriage and family therapists. Within group supervision, typical modalities may be used, including live, video, or case consultation. In addition, after one becomes licensed in the field, peer group supervision may be used as a way to received feedback about cases from other licensed professionals.
Theoretical Context for Concept
For many years, the training approach for marriage and family therapists was individual supervision, which was based on a mentoring or tutoring relationship between supervisor and supervisee (Allen 1976). Although there are certainly benefits to individual supervision, including increased attention to a trainee’s cases, the ability to learn from an expert in the field, and being able to work through self-of-therapist issues with a supervisor, there were also drawbacks from this approach that led to the use of group...
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Murphy, M.J. (2019). Group Supervision in Couple and Family Therapy. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_646
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