Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Pastoral Supervision Revisited & Revisioned

by Michael Paterson

Pastoral supervision is undergoing a radical shift from the supervision of pastoral work to fostering the wellbeing of practitioners and systems alike. This book charts twenty years of developing thought, writing and practice and re-visions supervision as the intentional dialogue between Soul, Role and Context. Originally delivered in conferences, workshop and training events across the English speaking world, the material offered here expresses constructive impatience with the narrowness of earlier work - the writer's included - and urges a radical rethink of supervision that can truly be called pastoral and visionary.

150 pages, Paperback

Published March 4, 2020

Reviews

[mark Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating and informative read

A really honest appraisal of how supervision was originally understood, where it went, how it is for the great majority and a vision of how it can be and is for those lucky few experiencing cross professional or pastoral supervision.