The supervisorial situation: Intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing transference and countertransference themes

Skolnikoff, Alan Z.

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“…Not only do the supervisee and patient have transferences to each other, but the supervisor has transferences to the supervisee and the patient. There are also transferences, to institute and training analyst, that are experienced by supervisee, supervisor, and patient (Skolnikoff, 1997). If we include all these factors, supervision can be understood from a variety of perspectives.…”

Section: Supervisionmentioning

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The Quest for a Unified Psychoanalytic Theory: A Retreat from Uncertainty

Skolnikoff

2004

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

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2004

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

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“…While there are abundant writings on supervision, including supervisory countertransference, (Caligor, ; Strean, ; Lester and Robertson, ; Skolnikoff, ; Berman, ; Jacobs, ; Weinstein et al ., ), there are relatively few papers containing detailed examples of supervisory countertransference from supervisory sessions. (The present study offers a unique opportunity of utilizing in‐depth clinical material from supervisory sessions.…”

Section: Part I: the Supervisor's Mind – Supervisory Transference/coumentioning

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“…Despite the fact that evaluation is always in the background in any formal training, as others have also noted (Lebovici, ; Skolnikoff, ; Cabaniss et al ., ; Jaffe, ; Driver, ), the literature on countertransferences of the supervisor has made relatively few references to its role.…”

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“…A common, but not often openly acknowledged, external pressure related to the institutional setting is the supervisor's feelings about the candidate's analyst who is a colleague at the institute. This problem was also noted by Lebovici (), Haesler (), and Skolnikoff (). The training analyst may be a friend or a political foe, or may value different theoretical or technical positions.…”

Section: Findings: Supervisory Transferences Countertransferences Imentioning

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“…What happens in the room may be even more complicated than a simple mirroring. A two‐way exchange of fantasies may play out unconsciously between the supervisory pair, such that many vortexes are at work (Skolnikoff, ; Gediman, ; Weinstein et al ., ).…”

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Supervisory countertransferences and impingements in evaluating readiness for graduation: Always present, routinely under‐recognized

Ehrlich

Kulish

Hanly³

et al. 2017

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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Utilizing detailed, in-depth material from supervisory hours from around the world (explored in End of Training Evaluation groups), this paper shows that supervisors are subject to multiple, diverse and, at times, ongoing intense countertransferences and impingements on their ability to evaluate candidates' progress. Multiple external and internal sources of these impingements are explored. It is suggested that supervisory countertransferences and their manifestation in parallel enactments remain under-recognized, their impact underappreciated, and the information they contain underutilized. It is argued that the recognition, containment, and effective use of the parallel process phenomena and supervisory countertransferences are essential in order to evaluate candidates' progression and readiness to graduate. Common signals of such entanglements in the supervisor's evaluative function are identified. Three remedies, each of which provides a 'third,' are offered to assist supervisors in making effective use of their countertransference: self-supervision, consultation, and institutional correctives.

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The supervisory encounter: A guide for teachers of psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

Jacobs¹,

David²,

Meyer³

1998

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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The Supervisory Encounter is not just an addition to the literature on supervision, but is the first to integrate traditional supervisorial techniques (Dewald, 1987;Fleming & Benedek, 1966;Wallerstein, 1981) with current ideas about the interaction between the supervisor, supervisee, and patient. It expands teachers' thinking about different perspectives in therapist education by considering, in the rich clinical examples that are offered, the advantages and disadvantages to any course of supervisorial action.A variety of topics are covered in the book; I describe some of them here. There is a history of supervision that shows the origins of the current conflicts about teaching. Should supervision focus exclusively on therapists' understanding of patients, or should it also include the study of therapists' emotional reactions to patients? There are chapters that describe the modes of thinking that pertain to the psychotherapeutic process and can be taught to supervisees in helping them understand clinical material. How personal should the relationship be between supervisors and supervisees? What place is there for selfdisclosure on the part of either? How challenging should supervisorial interventions be? Learning for therapists can lead to challenges in self-esteem, but these challenges can also be made by supervisees and apply to supervisors' potential vulnerability. How does one teach supervisees to tolerate strong affects, and how does one deal with affective reactions of supervisees that they are unaware of? Finally, the authors address issues around the termination of supervision that affect both supervisors and supervisees.There are several main points that structure the authors' arguments. Supervisors should avoid doing therapy and aim the work toward being a mutual collaboration. There are some factors that make the supervisorial

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The supervisorial situation: Intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing transference and countertransference themes

Cited by 14 publications

References 3 publications

The Quest for a Unified Psychoanalytic Theory: A Retreat from Uncertainty

The Quest for a Unified Psychoanalytic Theory: A Retreat from Uncertainty

Supervisory countertransferences and impingements in evaluating readiness for graduation: Always present, routinely under‐recognized

The supervisory encounter: A guide for teachers of psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

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