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SUPERVISING SELF‐SUPERVISION: CONSTRUCTIVE INQUIRY AND EMBEDDED NARRATIVES IN CASE CONSULTATION
Author(s) -
Lowe Roger
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2000.tb00320.x
Subject(s) - constructive , narrative , construct (python library) , identity (music) , process (computing) , psychology , isomorphism (crystallography) , self , narrative identity , psychotherapist , social psychology , computer science , aesthetics , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , crystal structure , crystallography , programming language , operating system
The development of self‐supervision has been suggested as a universal supervisory goal. However, the principle of isomorphism suggests that supervisors from different orientations will view this practice quite differently. This article elaborates an approach to self‐supervision that is consistent with constructive therapies, though the intention is to provide flexible guidelines that can accommodate a range of supervisory activities. Case consultation is viewed as an “embedded narrative” involving the case story, the therapist story, and the supervision story. A process of “constructive inquiry” is used to connect these stories in order to construct the identity of a self‐sustaining therapist. This process requires a conceptual shift from supervising practice to supervising self‐supervision.