Promoting Cultural Sensitivity in Supervision ─ A Manual for Practitioners

This book provides a roadmap for supervisors on how to promote and integrate cultural sensitivity into the core of their work. It is organized into four interrelated sections: The Conceptual section provides an overview of the theory that underpins a multicultural relational perspective, and the Structural section provides the reader with two specific strategies for concretizing the conceptual framework. The Strategies and Techniques section provides supervisors with hands-on tools for navigating difficult diversity related conversations in supervision. The Evaluation Tools section provides sample instruments for evaluating the entire supervisory process.

Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD, is a professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York, New York, and is also the founder of the Eikenberg Academy for Social Justice. He is the former director of clinical training and research at Syracuse University in New York as well as the former director of The Center for Children, Families, and Trauma at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York, New York. Dr. Hardy has had extensive experience training and supervising both beginning and seasoned therapists working in a variety of clinical settings.

Toby Bobes, PhD, is a licensed marriage and family therapist with experience in teaching graduate-level courses for 25 years and doing clinical supervision for 18 years. She currently teaches at Pacifica Graduate Institute and formerly taught at Antioch University. Her career includes 28 years in private practice. Dr. Bobes has taught many supervision courses for the California Division of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), and she is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and a California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) Certified Supervisor.