Polyamory is a term used to describe when individuals pursue multiple concurrent romantic relationships with the permission of their partners. Polyamory is an underrecognized and underresearched area of interest in the mental health field. Therefore, little guidance is available on best practice for couple and sex therapy interventions. The present article explores a case study involving the successful implementation of sensate focus therapy with a polyamorous couple. The unique issues that arose while performing sex therapy with a couple in this type of coupling were explored to provide clinicians with recommendations for practice.
Supervision is a critical aspect of family therapy training. Previous literature has focused on applying therapy models to the process of supervision. Less emphasis has been given to the vital ingredients that make up the supervision system. The supervision system (SVS), the core of our approach, refers to the relationship between the supervisor and the supervisee. While such a relational system is informed by cultural, social, economic, and personal variables, we emphasize seven pivot points for this relationship: power, trust, communication, respect, flexibility, creativity, and self-of-the-supervisee. Using case illustrations, we explore how these seven pivot points can be used to adapt to the developmental level of the supervisee in a process that we introduce as the dynamic developmental framework of supervision. Last, we provide a supervision rating scale to help supervisees explore their supervision system in practice.
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