Some reflections on empathy and reciprocity in the use of countertransference between supervisor and supervisee

Journal/Book: J Anal Psychol. 2000; 45: 108 Cowley Rd, Oxford Ox4 1Jf, Oxon, England. Blackwell Publ Ltd. 367-383.

Abstract: Reciprocity refers in its general meaning to a mutual give and take. It is a background feature of all productive supervisory relationships. In this essay I want to bring it into the foreground. I will describe it by contrasting supervision and analysis. For, in my view, that is exactly what reciprocity is in the supervisory relationship: it is an attitude of mind in which the supervisor performs the task of differentiating internally the supervisory from the analytic vertex, in the context of the asymmetry of the supervisory relationship.

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Keyword(s): countertransference; empathy; Fordham; Jung; reciprocity; supervision

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