What is it about?
The article describes the deepening of psychological processes that take place in analytical treatment. Sometimes, psychological treatment encounters difficulties where the therapist cannot connect with the patient's hopes for being understood. In these situations, increased effort is required of the therapist. This article shows how by using supervision, the therapist is able to overcome her difficulties, touching her own personal life, which block emphatic understanding.
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Why is it important?
Psychoanalytic literature does not provide many examples of how supervision can expand emphatic understanding of the patient. Supervision provides space for an open discussion between the psychoanalyst and the supervisor, making way for a deep and accurate understanding of the patient's emotional world. This article is unique in the way it demonstrates collaborative work, including verbatim from the therapeutic conversations, that led to a major change in the treatment.
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For me, as the therapist, it was an enriching experience to work with my supervisor. He helped me to express my difficulties in an open manner, thanks to his accepting and supportive attitude. This helped me find the way to be emphatic to my patient, and progress with the treatment. This experience illustrates the internal process that has to be done by therapists for reaching empathy.
Amina Taiber
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This page is a summary of: A Story of a Split and Hope, Psychoanalytic Inquiry, May 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/07351690.2019.1596463.
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