Jo Bownas is a consultant systemic psychotherapist and supervisor working within the NHS. She provides supervision and consultation to therapists and other practitioners working in the National Health Service, in social care, and in independent practice.

Glenda Fredman is a consultant clinical psychologist and systemic psychotherapist within the NHS. She contributes to a number of national public services and international organisations, where she works at all levels of organisations with service users in therapy, with staff in training, supervision and consultation, and with teams and organisations in consultation.

Introduction PART 1 1.The construction of racial identity: Implications for clinical supervision 2. Supervision across ethnic difference: Learning of a White supervisor and manager 3. Supervision as a cluster of conversations 4. Using supervision to prepare our bodies for the therapeutic relationship 5. Reflecting on power and difference in the supervision process PART 2 6.Supervision as relational responsivity: The body in co-ordinated meaning making 7. Bodies in conversation: An approach to body-focused supervision 8. Supervision of arousal and disgust 9. Mindfulness: Bringing body and breath to supervision 9. Continuing the conversation : Reflecting on embodiment in supervision 10. After Words Index