Table Of ContentSupervising and Being Supervised
Supervising and Being
Supervised
A Practice in Search of a Theory
Edited by
JAN WIENER,RICHARD MIZEN AND
JENNY DUCKHAM
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and Jenny Duckham 2003
Individual chapters (in order) © Robin McGlashan;Jane Knight;James
Astor;Elizabeth Urban;Barbara Wharton;Catherine Crowther;Victoria
Graham Fuller;Edward Martin;Hugh Gee;Joy Schaverien;Christopher Perry;
Ann Shearer;Richard Mizen,Jan Wiener and Jenny Duckham 2003
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Contents
Notes on the Contributors ix
Introduction:Thinking about Supervision 1
Jan Wiener,Richard Mizen and Jenny Duckham
PART I THE SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIP
1. The Individuating Supervisor 19
Robin McGlashan
2. Reflections on the Therapist–Supervisor Relationship 34
Jane Knight
3. Empathy in the use of Countertransference between
Supervisor and Supervisee 49
James Astor
PART II APPLICATIONSAND SETTINGS FOR SUPERVISION
4. Supervising Work with Children 67
Elizabeth Urban
5. Supervision in Analytic Training 82
Barbara Wharton
6. Supervising in Institutions 100
Catherine Crowther
7. Supervision in Groups 118
Victoria Graham Fuller
PART III PROBLEMS IN PRACTICE
8. Problems and Ethical Issues in Supervision 135
Edward Martin
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9. Boundaries in Supervision 151
Hugh Gee
10. Supervising the Erotic Transference and
Countertransference 167
Joy Schaverien
PART IV EVOLVINGATHEORY OF SUPERVISION
11. Into the Labyrinth:A Developing Approach to
Supervision 187
Christopher Perry
12. Learning about Supervision 207
Ann Shearer
13. From Practice to Theory:Evolving a Theory of
Supervision 224
Richard Mizen,Jan Wiener and Jenny Duckham
Index 241
To our supervisors and supervisees,with thanks
With thanks also to Victoria Graham Fuller for permission
to use ‘A Practice in Search of a Theory’as part of the title
of the book
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Notes on the Contributors
James Astor BSc,M.Psych.Psych,C.Psychol is a Training Analyst of
the Society of Analytical Psychology.He is author of Michael Fordham,
Innovations in Analytical Psychology (1995) and numerous clinical
papers.He is in private practice in London.
Catherine Crowther is a Professional Member of the Society of
Analytical Psychology,working in private practice and in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry at the Royal Free Hospital,London.She was
previously Senior Tutor in Psychotherapy at the Maudsley Hospital.
She supervises counsellors and psychotherapists in general practice
and trainees at the Westminster Pastoral Foundation.She is interested
in disseminating analytic and systemic ideas within organisations,
especially the NHS, and is co-convenor and supervisor for the
Jungian Programme in St Petersburg,Russia.
Jenny Duckham BSc, MRCP is a Professional Member of the
Society of Analytical Psychology and Medical Director of the C.G.
Jung Clinic. She trained originally as a doctor working in hospital
medicine and later in general practice.She is also a group analyst and
trains on behalf of the Institute of Group Analysis in London and
Dublin.
Victoria Graham Fuller BA is a Professional Member of the
Society of Analytical Psychology, and a qualified member of the
Institute of Group Analysis. She has conducted theoretical seminars
and supervision groups for both organisations,as well as for various
psychotherapy training programmes in London and NHS Trusts.She
is in private practice and a Tutor at Birkbeck College,London.
Hugh Gee,MA,DPSA (Oxon),DMH is a Training Analyst of the
Society of Analytical Psychology, the British Association of
Psychotherapists and the London Centre for Psychotherapy.He has
written many articles on analytical psychology.He is in private prac-
tice in London.
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Notes on the Contributors ix
Jane Knight MA,AIMSW trained originally as a Medical Social
Worker. Later, she attended the Advanced Casework Course at the
Tavistock Clinic.She worked in general hospitals,specialising in work
with patients of the maternity department.This led to family case-
work and supervision of student and newly trained social casework-
ers.Having completed analytic training with the Society of Analytical
Psychology, she became a member of the Society in 1975. She has
held various offices within the Society,including Director of Training,
and is a Training Analyst with the Society.
Edward Martin MA,MSc,is a Professional Member of the Society
of Analytical Psychology. He is a course organiser, supervisor and
trainer of supervisors for WPF (Counselling and Psychotherapy).He
is co-editor of Supervising Psychotherapy (2001).
Robin McGlashanMA,is a recently retired Professional Member of
the Society of Analytical Psychology.He is an Anglican priest,taught
theology in India and was chaplain in a London psychiatric hospital.
He worked in private practice in London for many years,teaching on
a number of psychotherapy courses,including the supervision course
at the Maudsley Hospital.Since retiring,he has been visiting Professor
of Pastoral Theology at Tamilnadu Theological Seminary, Madurai,
South India and visiting analyst and teacher to the Developing
Groups of Analytical Psychology in St Petersburg, Russia, and in
Poland.
Richard Mizen MA DSW CQSW is a Professional Member of the
Society of Analytical Psychology.He is in private practice in London
and Devon.
Christopher Perry BSc is a Training Analyst and Supervisor for the
Society of Analytical Psychology,of which he is a former Director of
Training,and of the British Association of Psychotherapists.He is the
author of Listen to the Voice Within:A Jungian Approach to Pastoral Care
and of several articles on analytical psychology.In private practice,he
also has a great interest in the application of understandings derived
from analytical psychology to supervision and organisational consul-
tancy.
Joy Schaverien PhD is a Member of the Society of Analytical
Psychology in private practice in Rutland.She is Professor Associate
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in Art Psychotherapy at the University of Sheffield, a Professional
Member of the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy and a
teacher for the C.G.Jung Institute of Copenhagen.Among her many
publications, she is the author of Desire and the Female Therapist:
Engendered Gazes in Psychotherapy and Art Therapy (1995) and The
Dying Patient in Psychotherapy (2002).
Ann Shearer MA is a Senior Analyst and past Convenor of the
Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists,in private practice in
London.She lectures widely on Jungian psychology,with a particular
interest in archetypal approaches. Before training with IGAP, she
worked as a journalist and international consultant in social welfare.
Her books include Disability:Whose Handicap? (1981); Woman: her
Changing Image (1987);Athene:Image and Energy (1996) and When a
Princess Dies (1998),co-edited with Jane Haynes.
Elizabeth Urban BA,MA is a Professional Member of the Society
of Analytical Psychology,where she trained in child analysis and later
in adult analysis.She works in private practice in London and in the
NHS.Together with another child analyst, she has recently become
Organising Tutor for Child Analytic Training.Her interest in Michael
Fordham’s model of development and early infancy has prompted a
number of published papers.
Barbara Wharton MA (Oxon) is a Training Analyst of the Society
of Analytical Psychology and a recognised Training Therapist and
Supervisor for the British Association of Psychotherapy.She was an
editor of the Journal of Analytical Psychologyfrom 1993 to 2000,and has
published a number of papers on analytical psychology.
Jan WienerBA,MSc is a Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical
Psychology, where she is Director of Training, and the British
Association of Psychotherapists. She works as a Senior Adult
Psychotherapist at Thorpe Coombe Hospital (formerly Claybury)
and in private practice in London. She is joint co-ordinator and
teacher/supervisor to the Developing Group of Analytical
Psychology in St Petersburg,Russia.She is author of several papers on
analytical psychology and co-author of Counselling and Psychotherapy
in Primary Health Care:A Psychodynamic Approach (1998).
