# Systemic Supervision: Authority, Ethics & Collaboration
> Explore professional systemic supervision practices including Mason’s Six Steps, safe uncertainty, and balancing authority with collaborative inquiry.

Tags: systemic-therapy, clinical-supervision, mental-health, 7-eyed-model, professional-development, therapy-training, ethics
## Systemic Supervision: Navigating Authority & Collaboration
* Overview of the supervisory dilemma: moving from passive collaboration to intentional authority for safety and ethical responsibility.

## Theoretical Frameworks
* Integration of **Barry Mason’s Six Steps** for reflexive inquiry.
* Use of the **Hawkins & Shohet 7-Eyed Model** (focusing on eyes 1, 4, 5, and 6).
* Frameworks from Burnham, Hardy, and Reynolds regarding **Social GRACES** and cultural responsiveness.

## Key Supervision Steps
* **Step 1: Framing & Contracting**: Constituting a learning community focused on experience over opinion.
* **Step 2: Protecting Difference**: Utilizing 'Safe Uncertainty' and Andersen’s Polyphony to resist quick solutions.
* **Step 3: Positioning**: Shifting focus from content (80% to 30%) to process (20% to 70%) for deeper reflection.
* **Step 4: Assumptions & Bias**: Addressing the 'Elephant in the Room' and deconstructing body language as a cultural construct.
* **Step 5: Relocating Responsibility**: Moving from individual blame to relational context (e.g., deconstructing gendered parental narratives).

## Supervisory Identity
* Authority and collaboration are presented as complementary rather than opposites.
* The goal is a transition from 'Knowing' to 'Inquiring with Intent' within a justice-oriented supervision framework.
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