Peface
1. Clinical Supervision in Pastoral Care
David A. Steere
2. Supervision Among the Helping Professions
David A. Steere
3. A Model for Supervision
George F. Bennett
4. Peparing Yourself for Supervision
George F. Bennett
5. Working with Clinical Materials
Kathleen Ogen Davis
6. Life Histories and Narrative Theology
Mark Jensen
7. Sudent Responses to Clinical Pastoral Education
Alexa Smith
8. The Self as Instrument
Darryl J. Tiller
9. Supervising the Counseing Relationship
John D. Lentz
10. Group Supervision
Bruce Skaggs
11. Some Aspects of Live Supervision
Carolyn Lindsey
12. Transference and Countertransference in Supervision
Clarence Bartlon and Amanda W. Ragland
13. Passivity in Supervision
Nancy Fontenol
14. Gender Issues in Supervision
Barbara A. Sheehan
15. The Supervision of Church Volunteers in the Local Congregation
Grayson L. Tucker, Jr.
16. Supervising Teachers in a Christian Education Program
Louis B. Weeks
17. An Experiment in Training Supervisors for Field Education
David A. Steere
Contributors

This book offers basic information both for persons under supervision and for those supervising them in pastoral care, drawing upon the expertise and experiences of fifteen pastoral supervisors. In describing key aspects, George Bennett discusses the supervisory contract and preparing for supervision; Kathleen Davis introduces methods of working with clinical material; Mark Jensen presents ways to work with life histories; and Alexa Smith provides a summary of student responses to clinical supervision. To expand various kinds of supervision, Darryl Tiller addresses the use of "self as instrument"; John Lentz considers the supervision of pastoral counseling relationships; Bruce Skaggs describes group supervision; and Carolyn Lindsay presents specific aspects of live supervision. Three chapters address specific problems; Clarence Barton and Amanda Ragland deal with transference and countertransference; Nancy Fontenot examines passivity; and Barbara Sheehan reviews gender issues. Finally, the supervisory model is applied to broader issues; to the supervision of church voulenteers by Grayson Tucker, to supervising teachers in Christian Education programs by Louis Weeks, and to a seminary field education program by editor David A. Steere. This book is a valuable asset for professors, working supervisors, and all persons entering supervision in pastoral care.