In our data, several supervisors described providers’ feelings of anxiety and discomfort in reasonable proportion with the attention they received from providers, suggesting supervisors do not have problems interpreting providers’ emotional state. The better supervisors are prepared to take account of providers’ anxiety by involving them in the supervision process and purposes, acknowledging their feelings of discomfort,38 listening, providing useful feedback and encouraging them as part of critique, the more likely providers will be enabled to improve practice.4,18