From the Back Cover
Supervision is an essential part of counselling and psychotherapy practice. It is increasingly recognised as a tool for ensuring high professional standards. In an era of regulation and tightening control, there is a growing professional need to take stock and reflect on what it means to work with human problems. It is vital that therapists address the moral and philosophical
dimensions of their profession and ask themselves what it is to be human.
This rich and far-reaching book explores supervision from this timely philosophical perspective. Designed both for trainees and more seasoned professionals, whatever their theoretical orientation, it makes a clear case for seeing existential perspectives on supervision as complementary to, rather than as a substitute for, other forms of supervision. In doing so, the book:
- Allows for an integration of existential supervision within a consistent cross-theoretical framework
- Helps readers to take better account of the personal, ethical, political and cultural dimensions of their work
- Promises to rekindle practitioners' passion for their therapeutic work whilst broadening their vision
EMMY VAN DEURZEN is Director of the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling and Founder of Regents College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, UK. She is Professor of Psychotherapy at Schiller International University, Honorary Professor at University of Sheffield and also Visiting Professor at Middlesex University. Her publications include Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice 2e, Existential Perspectives on Human Issues (co-edited) and Psychotherapy and the Quest for Happiness.
SARAH YOUNG is an existential psychotherapist and counselling psychologist. She has been teaching on counselling and psychology courses for nearly twenty years and also works in private practice as a psychotherapist, supervisor and counsellor. She has contributed chapters to many books, including Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy, Existential Perspectives on Human Issues and When Death Enters the Therapeutic Space.
EMMY VAN DEURZEN is Director of the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling and Founder of Regents College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, UK. She is Professor of Psychotherapy at Schiller International University, Honorary Professor at University of Sheffield and also Visiting Professor at Middlesex University. Her publications include Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice 2e, Existential Perspectives on Human Issues (co-edited) and Psychotherapy and the Quest for Happiness.
SARAH YOUNG is an existential psychotherapist and counselling psychologist. She has been teaching on counselling and psychology courses for nearly twenty years and also works in private practice as a psychotherapist, supervisor and counsellor. She has contributed chapters to many books, including Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy, Existential Perspectives on Human Issues and When Death Enters the Therapeutic Space.
