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Tasks of Supervision | Supervisory Dyad | Boundaries in Supervision | Data for Supervision | Appreciating Diversities | Maximizing the Educational Value of Supervision | Problems That Can Arise in Supervision | Evaluation | Consultation | Conclusion | References

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In mental health education, supervision has long been a primary way of conveying information to the next generation of therapists. Psychotherapy is both a skill and an art, and therapists in training must learn both practical tools and nuances of tone, affect, voice, timing, and insight. Psychotherapy supervision is a core practice that is integral to training and development as a psychotherapist. The work of therapy for therapists in training is inherently both dyadic and triadic—the dyad of patient and therapist in training is in the foreground, and the psychotherapy supervisor is generally in the background (Kantrowitz 2002).

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