Clinical supervision: Its role in “Containing” countertransference responses to a filicidal patient

Chernus, Linda A.; Livingston, Paula

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“…Maternal filicide is more likely to evoke horror and judgement than empathy. Chernus (1993) documented a maternal filicide perpetrator's experience of professionals reacting as if the tragedy was too horrible to talk about. It has been argued that Freud's ignoring the opening of the Oedipal myth where Oedipus's parents left him out on the hillside to die indicates his difficulty in engaging with filicidal aspects of human nature (Bloch, 1984;Wheeley, 1992).…”

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The aftermath: aspects of recovery described by perpetrators of maternal filicide committed in the context of severe mental illness

Stanton

Simpson²

2006

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Mentally abnormal maternal filicide is a rare and horrifying event. Clinicians are unlikely to develop broad experience with this and there is little information available about recovery. This paper presents a range of descriptions of recovery experiences derived from a qualitative study of mentally abnormal maternal filicide perpetrators. Transcripts from a qualitative, semi-structured interview study of six women who committed filicide in the context of major mental illness were reviewed. Descriptions related to rehabilitation issues were grouped and themes extracted. The women described patchy but horrific memories they avoided thinking and talking about. They described intense self-judgement and self-hate. They valued ongoing relationships with surviving children and were distressed by perceptions that they might be a danger to other children. Managing illness was not described as a major challenge. Acknowledgement of illness was described as important in coming to terms with what they had done. Surviving children and relationships with family and other support networks were described as important in their rehabilitation. We conclude that optimizing treatment and rehabilitation for mental illness, supporting the woman to acknowledge the role of illness in the offence, maximizing support from personal networks, and enabling her to regain some aspect of the mother role may be more efficacious than debriefing with respect to the offence.

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“…Avoidance of the horror of this act, on the basis of one's own counter-transference, may leave the patient with important issues unresolved. Supervision can be important in enabling clinicians to manage their counter-transference (Chernus, 1993). Professional literature also has an important role.…”

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The aftermath: aspects of recovery described by perpetrators of maternal filicide committed in the context of severe mental illness

Stanton

Simpson²

2006

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…In addition, some authors have speculated that certain client characteristics and presenting concerns may be challenging for supervisors. These include: cultural, religious, sexual beliefs, physical or sexual abuse, rape, marital violence, and politics (Long, 1996;Ridley, 1996); urban issues including AIDS, gangs, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, school drop-out, and child welfare systems (Kurland & Salmon, 1992); psychotic patients (Itzhaky, Karin, & Ribner, 2001); homicide perpetrators (Chernus & Livingston, 1993); eating disorders (DeLucia-Waack, 1999); terminal illness (Corey, Corey, & Callanan, 1998;Ringel, 2001;Sormanti 1994); suicide (Sherry, 1991); and racial issues (Corey et al, 1998).…”

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Qualitative Investigation of Clinical Supervisor Value Conflicts

Veach¹,

Yoon²,

Miranda³

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Eighteen clinical supervisors participated in focus groups or an individual interview designed to investigate their personal experiences with value conflicts in supervision. Participants described the types of value conflicts they had experiences and their personal impact, effective and ineffective approaches for addressing these issues, resources for addressing value conflicts, actual and recommended training regarding value conflicts, and distinctions between value conflicts and ethics and countertransference. Using an inductive analysis process several themes were extracted. These themes are described and practice and research recommendations are given. (Contains 24 references and 2 tables.) (Author) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.

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MacCulloch

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Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Clinical supervision: Its role in “Containing” countertransference responses to a filicidal patient

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The aftermath: aspects of recovery described by perpetrators of maternal filicide committed in the context of severe mental illness

The aftermath: aspects of recovery described by perpetrators of maternal filicide committed in the context of severe mental illness

Qualitative Investigation of Clinical Supervisor Value Conflicts

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