November/December 2021

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Editor's Note

Livia Kent

The truth is, supervision is harder to come by these days. For a number of reasons that we explore here, some trainees don’t have access to regular supervision, while others say they entered private practice without anyone ever having seen them work with a client—at least not in real-time. How can we, as a field, begin to close this troubling gap?
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The New Supervision

Are We Meeting the Needs of Today’s Therapists?

Meaghan Winter

The stakes for quality supervision are high. And yet, live supervision is increasingly considered more a bonus than a staple. Read More
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The Four Stages of Supervision

Establishing a Lasting Relationship with Your Supervisee

Robert Taibbi

Teacher? Guide? Gatekeeper? Consultant? How clarifying your role as supervisor helps. Read More
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Through the One-Way Mirror

The Education of a Family Therapist

Jay Lappin

As a family therapy trainee in the 70s, it was easy to feel like part of a larger revolution. Read More
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Therapy, Fast and Slow

Training Clinicians to Balance Doing with Being

Valery Hazanov

How do therapists create a great training culture, one in which we become substantially better at what we do? Read More
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Embracing Our Core Competencies

How Would It Change the Practice of Therapy?

Stefan Hofmann

Training to become technicians in particular areas isn’t what best serves our clients. Read More
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The Perpetual Student

A Trauma Treatment Journey

Janina Fisher

A long-term client leads a therapist to discover that maybe the hard way is how we learn best. Read More
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Beyond the Brain-Body Split

A Relational Neuroscience Perspective

Mona Delahooke

Thinking about behavior only in terms of reinforcement and consequence is outdated. It’s not mind over matter. It’s both. Are new therapists getting that message? Read More
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Decolonizing Mental Health

The Healing Power of Community

Shawna Murray-Browne

Training must go beyond the intellectual exercise of grasping the concept of racism. The real work is getting out of our chairs and going into our communities to do something about it. Read More
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The Therapists Who Raised Me

Tales from a Terrace Talk Veteran

David Lappin

When becoming a therapist feels like part of our genetic makeup. Read More

Extra Feature

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The Love Magician

A Therapist Lays Down Her Wand

Alicia Muñoz

There’s magic in therapy—all types—the most astonishing of which only happens when you stop trying to put on a flawless show. Read More
The mentor who changed my practice

The Mentor Who Changed My Practice

Three clinicians share their experiences of the power of supervision. Read More

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