The alliance in reflective supervision: a commentary on tomlin, weatherston, and pavkov's critical components of reflective supervision

ABSTRACT
What are the critical components of reflective supervision? In this commentary, I offer a complementary perspective on A.M. Tomlin, D.J. Weatherston, and T. Pavkov's (2014) seminal study about that very question. I consider their findings within the context of what we now know about the supervisory alliance—a highly robust, heuristic, and eminently practical construct that appears to capture the spirit of reflection, collaboration, and regularity at its best. Matters of alliance theory, practice, and research are briefly addressed, and effort is made to consider the implications of the supervisory alliance as fundamental, foundational, and quintessentially organizational for reflective supervision practice.

Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - January 12, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: C. Edward Watkins Tags: BRIEF COMMENTARY Source Type: research