Social Work as art and science. Ways of knowing in clinical practice. Theory as a tool, road map . The tradition of social work supervision. Who we are affects what we see in our clients, what we here, and often how we respond.
Clinicians influence the client's telling of the story.
Reason why supervision is so critical to our work. Importance of deriving knowledge from our practice. We need to carefully observe our practice and describe what happens and what works and why. We need to pay as much attention to describing the process of our work as to measuring the outcome. Describes and applauds divergent developmental paths.