In the early years of psychoanalysis, Hans Sachs grew tired of hearing his patients talk so much about their own patients in their analyses with him. He complained to Max Eitingon: The institution of supervision was generated out of the exchange. This bit of history, new to me and perhaps to you, is but a fraction of what I learned from a remarkable new book. The Supervisory Encounter, coauthored by Daniel Jacobs, Paul David, and Donald Jay Meyer, had an immediate impact on my supervisory work. I entered my next supervision hour with a fresh perspective.

The emphasis in The Supervisory Encounter is on encouraging the reader, supervisor or supervisee, to consider and develop his or her thinking about the key issues in supervision. Jacobs, David, and Meyer enable this process, not by selling a theory or approach, but by putting forth central questions and thinking through their answers complete with an assessment of the advantages and drawbacks to each