Are you sitting (un)comfortably? Action-based supervision and supervisory drift

Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

Volumn 13, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Pugh, Matthew ^a   Margetts, Alexander ^b  

^a CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chairwork; cognitive behavioural therapy; experiential; role play; supervisory drift; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85087355737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1754470X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1754470X20000185     Document Type: Article

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