Main 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