Abstract

Supervision is an essential component of all analytic and psychotherapy training and, with the increasing emphasis on regulation and moves towards registration, it has become a crucial part of ongoing professional development for all supervisors and supervisees.

In this authoritative and thoughtful new book, Jan Wiener, Richard Mizen and Jenny Duckham, together with a number of senior Jungian analysts, explore key aspects of the supervisory process. Two core themes run throughout the text. The first is the central concept of supervision as a relationship where both parties may be changed, especially if the unconscious processes that are evoked within that relationship are understood. The second is the question of whether there are theories or models, specific to supervision and if so, how they may be differentiated from our general theories about analytic practice.

The chapters are arranged in four sections. In Part One, authors explore the dynamic nature of the supervisor-supervisee experience. In Part Two, they look specifically at the relevance of the setting to the process of supervision. In Part Three, they examine potential problems and ethical dilemmas in supervision, and finally, in Part Four, turn specifically to the challenges of developing a clear theory.

Supervising and Being Supervised is an invaluable text for all practising analysts, psychotherapists and counsellors.

JAN WIENER is Training Analyst and Director of Training of the Society of Analytical Psychology. She is Senior Adult Psychotherapist at Thorpe Coombe Hospital and in private practice in London. She is co-author, with Mannie Sher, of Counselling and Psychotherapy in Primary Health Care (1998).

RICHARD MIZEN is a Professional Member of the Society of Analytical Psychology and works in private practice as an analyst and supervisor in London and Exeter.

JENNY DUCKHAM is a Professional Member of the Society of Analytical Psychology and Medical Director of the C. G. Jung Clinic (London). Also a group analytic psychotherapist, she teaches on behalf of the Institute of Group Analysis in London and Dublin. She has a private practice in London.
'This...is the first comprehensive Jungian approach to supervision to be published. It establishes a foundation for thought on analytic supervision in a wide variety of contexts and breaks new ground in developing a body of theory on supervision...An invaluable building block for training and assessment at all levels...[and] essential reading for people engaged in supervision.' - Coline Covington, Chair of British Confederation of Psychotherapists and Consultant Editor of Journal of Analytical Psychology

'The great merit of this book is that it brings together a number of very different contributions to the central aspects of supervision, from highly different perspectives, accompanied by clear and thoughtful introduction and summary chapters by the editors...The authors base their theoretical reflections on their practical experiences as supervisors, using real case examples that make the book both stimulating and easy to read.' - Verena Kast, Professor of Psychology, University of Zurich and Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute, Küsnacht

'This book should become essential reading in analytic training programmes throughout the world. The essays collected here represent the most current and informed thinking on the emergent discipline of analytic supervision. The work admirably fills a critical gap in the literature.' - Murray Stein, President, International Association of Analytical Psychology
'This invaluable book is a matrix within which anyone interested in supervision will find food, exercise and response to their interest.' - Nicholas Spicer, Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal

'I hope very much that this book will be widely read by supervisors such as myself who have no qualification, as Martin reminds us, to do what we are doing.' - Richard Carvalho, The Journal of Analytical Psychology