Contributed by Robert Taibbi
The Four Stages of Supervision
Establishing a Lasting Relationship with Your SuperviseeTeacher? Guide? Gatekeeper? Consultant? How clarifying your role as supervisor helps. Read more
Expanding Your Expressive Range
What Therapists Can Learn from PerformersWhat therapists can learn from performers. Read more
Closing The Deal With Clients
What We Can Learn from SalespeopleWhat do you say to potential clients when they first call you or come in for a consultation? We may resist the idea, but in this initial phase, therapists face... Read more
The Art of the First Session
Getting It Right From the StartYou never get a second chance to have a first session, so make the most of it. Read more
The Tao of Improv
Embracing Life on the EdgeImprovisational theater offers a unique way of approaching relationships—and psychotherapy—that's generous rather than closed, support rather than... Read more
The 4 Stages of Supervision
Establishing a Lasting Relationship with Your SuperviseeEffective clinical supervision requires an understanding of how supervisees develop and mature. Read more
Effective Clinical Supervision
A new paradigm for growing oldSupervision that works requires understanding of how supervisees develop and mature in their clinical practice. Read more
Robert Taibbi
Robert Taibbi, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 40 years of experience primarily in community mental health working with couples and families as a clinician, supervisor and clinical director. Bob is the author of Clinical Supervision: A Four-Stage Process of Growth and Discovery and Clinical Social Work Supervision; Doing Couples Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners; Doing Family Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice; Boot Camp Therapy: Action-Oriented Brief Treatment of Anxiety, Anger & Depression; and The Art of the First Session.