65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 22

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M.-1:15 P.M.

Workshop 46

The Use of Countertransference in Group Supervision

Chairs: 

Joyce Lowenstein, Ph.D., Private Practice, Washington, DC

Bruce S. Wine, Ph.D., Private Practice, Washington, DC

This workshop will demonstrate a group supervision model from a counter-transference perspective to explore how the therapist's subjectivity is actively interwoven into the fabric of the clinical exchange. Drawing on actual process notes of a participant, two clinical sessions will be explored by the group as a means of expanding awareness and understanding of the embedded subjectivities.
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Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1. Identify one's own countertransference material as it emerges in a clinical exchange.
2. Detect unconscious processes, such as identification with the patient, that impedes empathic awareness.
3. Explore how the group process facilitates and expands the emergence of a therapist's subjectivity.
 

Course References:

1. Aron, L. (1991), The Patient's Experience of the Analyst's Subjectivity. In Relational Psychoanalysis: The Emergence of a Tradition, ed. S. Mitchell & A. Lewis. Hillsdale, NJ. The Analytic Press. pp.243-268.
2. Buirski, P & Haglund, P. (2001), Expanding the Field: Intersubjectivity Theory and Supervision. In Making Sense Together: The Intersubjective Approach to Psychotherapy. Northvale, NJ: Aronson. pp 175-199.
3. Orange, D., Atwood, G., & Stolorow, R. (2001), Working Intersubjectively: Contextualism in Psychoanalytic Practice. Hillsdale, NJ. The Analytic Press.