Professional supervision is the most important professional relationship you can ever have. When rapport is developed well, the professional supervisor can be instrumental in supporting and developing you in your role. A skilled supervisor supports you to consciously reflect on your work, using key frameworks to evidence your daily work.

In this guide, Tracey has brought together a wealth of knowledge and information designed to support the new supervisor to develop supervisory excellence. The book addresses an important transition in the career of a helping professional, namely that from practitioner to supervisor, and also highlights the need for guidance for those undertaking that transition. The author makes a compelling case for formal supervision education and training and provides excellent material to support new supervisors in this area. The road map presented assists new supervisors to enhance their understanding of supervision and to develop their supervisor competence and capability. The chapters are practically focused and provide the reader with many practical tools and reflective exercises that are derived from the author’s scholarship, experience as a trainer and extensive background as a professional supervisor. In short, this book is an important part of the new supervisor’s framework and contains the valuable practice wisdom shared from an expert and experienced supervisor. It is full of gems that will assist the new supervisor to provide quality and excellent supervision. I encourage readers to engage with this book, undertake the reflective questions, use the exemplars and complete the questions and activities in this book, because they will help you grow and develop as a new supervisor towards supervisory excellence.