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This chapter provides specific ways by which supervisors can build safety and alliance within the supervisory relationship while upholding this work as social justice work. Rather than moving too quickly into supporting supervisees towards being culturally sensitive with clients, it is imperative to first build safety within the supervisory relationship, as these relational dynamics are isomorphic. In order to do this, we emphasize the importance of a mutually collaborative supervision relationship focused on our CARE model (1) connecting with supervisees through sharing backgrounds/context; (2) appreciating privilege, power, and biases; (3) ratifying a cultural knowledge base with cultural humility; and (4) embracing our role as social justice agents.
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ChenFeng, J., Castronova, M., Zimmerman, T. (2017). Safety and Social Justice in the Supervisory Relationship. In: Allan, R., Singh Poulsen, S. (eds) Creating Cultural Safety in Couple and Family Therapy. AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64617-6_5
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