Full Description
The Art of Relational Supervision demonstrates the clinical implications of the relational approach when applied to supervision. Describing her philosophical and theoretical rationale for setting up relational supervision groups, Helena Hargaden's goal in supervision is to reveal the relational unconscious within the client/therapist relationship. Here, with chapters from members of these groups, the vitality of supervision is brought to life as the clinical implications of the therapist's internal world are highlighted by group members. The complexity of group dynamics are explored and psychotherapists show how this positively affects their work with clients and patients.
The main themes examined in the book are the:
Bi-directionality of the relational unconscious
Ubiquity of therapeutic enactments and ruptures
Intuitive use of improvisation
Co-creation of the intersubjective third - the analytic third
Focus on mutuality and reciprocity
Filled with case study examples, readers of The Art of Relational Supervision will gain a deep insight into the complex dynamics which form an integral part of any supervision and discover how, this type of relational approach strengthens the therapeutic relationship to bring about significant psychological change for the client. It will be an invaluable resource for psychotherapists, counsellors and psychologists.
Contents
About the contributors
Foreword
Charlotte Sills
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Helena Hargaden
Chapter One: A Relational Approach to Supervision
Helena Hargaden
Chapter Two: The dialectical interplay between modes of relatedness in relational
supervision
Brian Fenton
Chapter Three: Relational Supervision - A two-person approach
Heather Fowlie
Chapter Four: Take this to therapy?
Birgitta Heiller
Chapter Five: Daring to be seen in the struggle to bring my self into relationship
Gina Sweeting
Chapter Six: Through the glass darkly: how Alice finds herself in the eye of the
tempest's storm, and emerges into a place of mirrored reflection
Jane Todd
Chapter Seven: Beyond Thinking
Marion Umney
Chapter Eight: Shame
Helena Hargaden
Chapter Nine: Analysis of My Experience in starting and developing relational supervision groups
Index
Bibliography
