67th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 27

Morning Workshops

9:00 - 11:30 A.M.

Workshop 78

Affect in Supervision

Chairs:

Eleanor F. Counselman, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA, Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Kathleen Ulman, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
 

Group therapy can create powerful emotions in the leader. Simply talking "about" them in supervision often does not lead to complete understanding. A supervisory group that elicits the feelings provides important affective information about the psychotherapy. This workshop will provide an overview of effective supervision and focus particularly on identification and use of affect by use of parallel process, enactments, and associations within the supervisory group. A model of affective group supervision will be demonstrated.

didactic-demonstration-sharing of work experiences-experiential

Learning Objectives:
1. Define three tasks of supervision
2. Describe the teach/treat dilemma
3. Define parallel process
4. Discuss ways in which a supervisor elicit affect in supervision
5. Identify some characteristics of effective supervision of affect

Course References:
Bernard, H.S., & Spitz, H.I. (2006). Training in group psychotherapy supervision. New York: American Group Psychotherapy Association.

Counselman, E.F. & Abernethy, A. D. (in press) Powerful supervisory reactions: A neglected aspect of supervision. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.

Ettin, M.F.(1994). From one to another: Group consultation for group psychotherapy. Group, 19, 3-18.