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Group supervision is a format that has its advantages as well as drawbacks. Group supervision can serve as a complement to individual supervision and can be used as an efficient learning tool. Many times, however, it is selected simply as a means to solve the supervisor’s time constraints rather than to increase learning benefits for supervisees. With more forethought, group supervision can have more far-reaching benefits, such as encouraging team building, promoting risk-taking, diffusing issues of power and authority and invigorating bored or burned-out supervisees. We will touch on the structuring of group supervision and issues that should be considered when building an effective group.