Mindfulness-Based Supervision and Mentoring: Using an Embodied Dialogue to Support Learning and Reflection

by Pamela Duckerin, Alison Evans

Overview

This book is about using a unique mindfulness-based approach to supervision that is both framework and practice driven. The Mindfulness-Based Supervision (MBS) framework is based on a weaving metaphor of ‘the warp and the weft’ . The warp is consistent and consists of four key threads: the mindful container; the mutual relational inquiry; the use of pauses and space; and the mindfulness-based theoretical and pedagogical background. The weft is the threads that are woven through the warp and have different colours and textures depending on what is being created. The MBS approach can be applied in a range of ways, within different contexts and settings, to supervisees with different developmental needs and using a variety of teaching approaches. The book also looks at how mindfulness-based practitioners can apply this approach in other areas of their work, including supervision in areas such as psychotherapy and education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781803883755
Publisher:	Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
Publication date:	07/29/2025
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

PAMELA DUCKERIN has worked in public mental health since 1984, first in occupational therapy and later as a Dialectical Behaviour Therapist and then a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. She joined the training team at Bangor University in 2015 and has taught on their masters in mindfulness programme for nine years. She also offers mindfulness-based supervision through the Mindfulness Network. ALISON EVANS is co-founder and Supervision Lead of the Mindfulness Network (MN), a mindfulness training charity. She is a member of the core training team within the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University, with a focus on Mindfulness-based Supervision (MBS). She was previously Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter and a mindfulness-based therapist and trainer.

Table of Contents

Introduction and welcome Part One: Introduction to MBS 1. Overview of the MBS framework 2. The theory informing MBS Part Two: The MBS Framework 3. The container 4. Mutual inquiry 5. The space 6. The petals 7. The belt Part Three: Using the MBS Framework 8. … with culture in mind 9. … within workplace mindfulness 10. … through the developmental journey 11. … to respond to challenging, complex and sensitive issues 12. … in group supervision 13. … within supra-vision 14. … with you as a MBS supervisor in mind Appendices A. MBS contracting conversation checklist B. Sample MBS contract C. Sample information sheet for recording supervision D. Sample consent form for recording supervision E. MBS self-report competency checklist Afterword