Solitude and solidarit: a philosophy of supervision
Henderson, David (1997) Solitude and solidarit: a philosophy of supervision. In: Supervision: psychoanalytic and Jungian perspectives. Clarkson, Petrūska, ed. Whurr publishers' books on psychology and special education . Whurr, London. ISBN 9781897635940. [Book Section]
Abstract
The practice of analytic psychotherapy is a vocation that is an expression of an archetypal impulse. Psychotherapists are often seen to have taken over the role of priests: to be priests for a secular age. The identity of the analtyic psychotherapist is closer to that of the hermit. There are eight elements to the identity of the analytic therapist: solitude, humility, liminality, ecstasy, craft, shame, kindness and zeal. While supervision is not therapy it is an analytic relationship with the potential to damage or nurture the vocational aspirations of both participants.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords (uncontrolled): | supervision; vocation; psychotherapeutic identity; hermit; solitude; craft; shame |
Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology > Centre for Psychoanalysis |
Item ID: | 7630 |
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Depositing User: | David Henderson |
Date Deposited: | 03 May 2011 08:51 |
Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2016 14:22 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/7630 |
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