Contributed by Robert Taibbi

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The Four Stages of Supervision

Establishing a Lasting Relationship with Your Supervisee

Teacher? Guide? Gatekeeper? Consultant? How clarifying your role as supervisor helps. Read more

In Consultation May 8, 2017

Expanding Your Expressive Range

What Therapists Can Learn from Performers

What therapists can learn from performers. Read more

Closing The Deal With Clients

What We Can Learn from Salespeople

What 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

In Consultation November 1, 2012

The Art of the First Session

Getting It Right From the Start

You 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 Edge

Improvisational 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 Supervisee

Effective clinical supervision requires an understanding of how supervisees develop and mature. Read more

Effective Clinical Supervision

A new paradigm for growing old

Supervision 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.