Baptist, Joyce A.Aducci, C. J.2012-07-022012-07-022012-07-02http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13974As gatekeepers of the profession, supervisors must work to ensure that supervisees do no harm to their clients. At times this requires a more hierarchical approach to supervision, which may pose difficulties for supervisors working from a collaborative stance. These matters may become intensified when supervisees work with LGB clients and affirmative supervision becomes necessary, which tends to come from a “knowing” stance. By highlighting the aspects of collaborative and affirmative supervision and the necessity of affirmative supervision, this paper provides an affirmative approach to supervision that is congruent with collaborative supervisory practices. A way of including the presence of the LGB client in supervision in an effort to merge collaborative and affirmative supervision is addressed. An overview of the collaborative-affirmative approach, as well as supervisees who may be suitable candidates for receiving collaborative-affirmative supervision is discussed. The implications of the approach and its possible limitations are provided.This is an electronic version of an article published in the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, v.23, issue 2, 2011. The Journal of Feminist Family Therapy is available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wfft20/23/2.SupervisionCollaborative supervisionAffirmative supervisionCollaborative-affirmative supervisionArticle (author version)