Psychoanalytic supervision: the supervisor's tasks. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This paper reviews key aspects of psychoanalytic supervision, including the capacity to combine a teaching function with an openly expressed evaluating one; communication of a clear, interpretive theory of technique, combined with an intuitive reaction to the totality of information gained in the supervisory situation; a combination of collegiality and honest communication with the candidate; and the awareness of reciprocal parallel processes. Reducing the influence of institutional dynamics, particularly those related to authoritarian pressures, is another responsibility of the supervisor. These tasks also involve discrete understanding and management of countertransference developments in both supervisor and supervisee.

publication date

  • July 1, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Mentors
  • Psychoanalytic Therapy

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 77956385070

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2010.tb00459.x

PubMed ID

  • 20726178

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 79

issue

  • 3