4. The Supervision Process:
A Self-supervision Developmental
Model for Psychotherapists
Presenter: |
Conrad Lecomte, PhD
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Chair: |
Judith R. Kaufman, MSW |
Self Psychology Page | 22nd Conference Program
Summary
The goal of clinical supervision is broadly defined as the development of therapeutic competence in facilitating positive patient change and, more specifically by self psychology, as the development of the therapist's ability to respond optimally to patients (Bacal, 1985; 1990). In this paper, we propose first, a definition of a "self-supervisory" competence to be developed in the supervisory exchange as a basis for learning to optimally respond to patients in the therapeutic exchange. In order to achieve this goal, we will then propose an integrative learning model which can assist the supervisor in understanding the developmental needs of the trainee and thus monitor his or her focus, his or her methodology and his or her responses. A proposed continuum using the concepts of intersubjective disjunction and conjunction will organize further the supervisor's reflective understanding of his or her trainee's and his or her own fluctuations in experiencing and responding.