Mindfulness and Compassion in Integrative Supervision

<p><em>Mindfulness and Compassion in Integrative Supervision</em> presents an original integrative and transtheoretical approach to supervision that emphasises the importance of mindful awareness and compassion in supervision practice. </p><p>Psychotherapists are taught about importance of compassion for their clients while the role of bringing self-compassion toward themselves is often neglected. This book offers novel perspectives on mindful awareness self-compassion physiological synchrony and emotional regulation in supervision. It presents various mindfulness- and compassion-oriented methods and interventions that are used within an attuned supervisory relationship. Through vignettes and transcripts of supervision sessions the authors illustrate the power of mindful awareness and self-compassion to transform supervisees’ dysregulated experience related to their psychotherapy work. The book embraces all main dimensions of human experience: physiological affective relational cognitive behavioural spiritual and contextual.</p><p>The book will have an international appeal amongst supervisors from different supervision approaches and psychotherapists/counsellors who may find it useful for their practice self-care and the prevention of burnout.</p>