Supervising Psychotherapy

Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Perspectives

Christine Driver, Edward Martin, Mary Banks, Gertrud Mander, John Stewart, Christine Driver, Edward Martin, Mary Banks, Gertrud Mander, John Stewart

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9780761968719, 9780761968702
• eBook ISBN: 9781446237274
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychoanalysis
• Index: Psychology

`I enjoyed and was challenged by reading this book, and learned from, and with, it. It is useful for browsing and for a deeper exploration of chosen topics. It offers a healthy enrichment for all who have a dynamic interest in the external and internal supervisory relationship. I warmly recommend it? - British Journal of Psychotherapy

`This book is thoughtful, scholarly and very well written. The content is well set out in separate sections making it eminently readable. It is solidly based on psychoanalytic theory highlighting the transformational impact of a supervisory process that is embedded in the dyadic relationships formed by the supervised patient - supervisee and the supervisee - supervisor. This book has greatly enriched my understanding of the supervisory process and the organizational life in which it transpires. It will be a richly informative resource for all involved in supervisory work? - Gemma Corbett, Self & Society

Based on the view that supervision is in itself both a developmental and a therapeutic process, Supervising Psychotherapy examines the fundamental knowledge needed to become a skilled and effective supervisor.

Written by a highly experienced team of trainers and supervisors, the book explores the triangular relationship which exists between supervisor, therapist and the absent patient or client. It describes in depth the complex dynamics which characterise this relationship, while avoiding the pitfalls of unconsciously colluding with or controlling the supervisee.

In supervising the practice of others, supervisors must draw not only on their experience as a therapist, but also on a firm understanding of how people learn and of how organisational factors can impinge on therapy and supervision. The book examines the interface between supervision and teaching and between supervision and organisation and offers guidance in relation to:

· unconscious processes in supervision

· the supervisory triangle

· supervising groups

· supervising short term therapy

· ethical practice

· timing and ending of supervision.

For those who are in the process of becoming supervisors and for those who already practising, Supervision in Psychotherapy is an enlightening and thought-provoking read.

Mary Banks, Christine Driver, Gertrud Mander, Edward Martin and John Stewart are all trained supervisors who have been or are currently involved in training others in supervision. All are members of the British Association for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision (BAPPS).

Index

abreaction 127

abstinence 35, 52, 57–61

abuse 129

accommodative learning 6, 78–9

active memory 74

administrator 111

agencies 14

alliance 52–4, 55, 89

altruism 28

analysis 3, 24

analytic attitude 39, 42

anxiety 29, 56, 64

alliance 53

assessment interviews 18

beginner counsellors 87, 88

defence 7, 75, 76, 115

group supervision 135

patients 5

assessment 5, 6, 91, 99–101

assessment interview 18

assimilative learning 6, 78–9

associative thinking 80

asymmetry 138

attachment 72

attitudes 41, 151

attunement 45, 46, 47

authority 2, 25, 26, 27, 31–2, 54–5, 134

baggage 4

Balint, M. 6, 24, 97, 136

Banks, M. 23, 25

basic assumption groups 87, 117

basic fault 138

beginner counsellors 87, 88

biomedical model 27

Bion, W. 7, 28, 58, 72, 85, 117, 144, 146

blank screen 13

blind spots 2, 8, 45, 52, 78, 100, 151

blockages 102

Bollas, C. 49, 127, 130

boundaries 42, 47, 104

Bowlby, J. 72

brain development 70–1

breakdown 48

brief focal psychotherapy model 6, 97

brief therapy see short-term therapy

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Notes on Authors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Orientation and Themes
• The Supervisory Relationship: External and Internal Dimensions
• Learning in Supervision
• The Setting and Supervision
• Generic Issues in Supervision
• Index