book: The Supervisory Relationship: A Contemporary Psychodynamic Approach

book: The Supervisory Relationship: A Contemporary Psychodynamic Approach | Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea, Joan E. Sarnat ...

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	• The Supervisory Relationship: A Contemporary Psychodynamic Approach Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea, Joan E. Sarnat The Guilford Press, 2000 - 247 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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The Supervisory Relationship

Drs Sarnat and Frawley-O'Dea have made an original contribution to the literature of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Their discussion of the contemporary supervisory relationship is rich and alive, reaching back and forth between the dyads of supervisor/supervisee, supervisee/patient and supervisee/analyst, and seeing parallels and counterpoints in all of these. I found it particularly useful to hear how these experienced therapists lay out the supervision they endorse, how direct they are about their expectations, and how this creates an atmosphere in which growth can occur for the trainee along many dimensions. The interplay of two different treating and teaching personalities is also engaging and enlightening. The clinical material is pertinent, alive and well explicated. Among the subsidiary pleasures and benefits of this well constructed book are a review of early psychoanalytic thought about supervision which allows a review of early psychoanalytic thought itself, and a lucid discussion of contemporary relational psychotherapy. Dr Sarnat brings her remarkable synthetic powers to a unification and differentiation of many schools of thought.Both authors are disclosing in an extremely helpful way about their own training experiences and thus model an aspect of their own development in print much as I am sure they do in the consulting room. This is an outstanding book.

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In the past two decades, many psychodynamic therapists have begun to view the relational processes taking place between patient and therapist as a central source of transformation. Yet traditional paradigms of clinical supervision, focusing primarily on didactic teaching, have limitations for training therapists to work in these new ways. This groundbreaking volume is the first to elaborate a comprehensive contemporary model of supervision. Using a wealth of examples and vignettes, the authors show how working within the vicissitudes of the supervisory relationship can allow the supervisee to gain a deeper understanding of the treatment method being taught. Key topics discussed include issues of power and authority, regression in the supervisory relationship, rethinking the "teach/treat" question, parallel process as a relational phenomenon, working with group process in case conference, and the role of the organization in supporting training. This is a richly informative resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychoanalysts, and others involved in clinical supervision and training. It also will serve as a text for courses in supervision and organizational psychology.

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