In spite of the popularity of therapy models emphasizing client andfamily competency, little has been written to apply the premises of these models to the supervision arena. This paper takes the assumptions common to solution-oriented therapies and develops a collaborative guideline for supervision that is isomorphic to these models that have become so prevalent in the field of psychotherapy.
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