Method meets art : transdisciplinary weaving of therapeutic trauma-informed skills in supervision

Abstract

I am presenting the works in progress of my thesis about the use of therapeutic trauma-informed (TI) skills in supervisory practice in child and adolescent welfare settings. Inspired by my experiences as a foster parent, social worker, counsellor and supervisor, the obvious became apparent: being therapeutic in the context of trauma, irrespective of theoretical orientation or discipline features significant emotional labour and common underlying processes in which the body and relationships are central. [extract]