Inside and outside the walls: music therapy supervision in a forensic setting

In this chapter in the book Forensic Music Therapy, Helen Odell-Miller explores the domain of forensic music therapy supervision and looks in detail at the role of the external supervisor workoing across the system boundary with the in-patient music therapist. She explores the multi-layered 'context based' music therapy supervision setting. She uses vignettes and related literature from music therapy and forensic fields to illustrate theory and to explore such phenomena as difficulties in mentalisation; the elusiveness of risk and awareness of danger in certain circumstances; the different sorts of brick wall that can spring up along the border between outside and inside; and the ways in which supervision can parallel the index offense and related areas.