Process-centered group supervision

Abstract

This article will present an experientially focused, process-centered approach to group supervision that may be used in practice and fieldwork settings, as well as in the classroom. The approach is derived from a combination of relational psychoanalytic theory, rooted in interpersonal and object relations theory, and social constructionism. Beginning with a review of the concepts of acting out, projective identification, and parallel process, this article will examine how these concepts are applicable to process-centered group supervision. A detailed description of the approach will be provided, along with a review of the group guidelines. Through actual case vignettes of two process-centered supervisory sessions, elements of transference and countertransference occurring between and among participants will be identified, and their utility for supervision and practice will be examined. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.