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A detailed description of a relational-integrative model of psychotherapy supervision
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Submission date: 2019-06-03
Acceptance date: 2019-06-26
Publication date: 2019-09-07
Psychoter 2019;189(2):71-88
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Objectives:
In this article, a detailed description of a supervision model applied in supervisory work with groups of psychotherapy trainees is presented.
Methods:
Results of research in the field of links between supervision and psychotherapy effectiveness are presented; there is a contemporary emphasis on the need for creating and formulating precise descriptions of models of psychotherapy supervision. The presented model is built upon two theoretic foundations: the understanding of interpersonal dynamics is grounded in the relational and intersubjective approach to psychotherapy supervision, while the attitude of pragmatism and evidence-based interventions are linked with an integrative perspective. Thus, the presented approach is described as a relational-integrative model.
Results:
The main part of this paper is a detailed description of supervision techniques in the relational-integrative model and examples of practical implementation of these techniques in the work with two groups of psychotherapy trainees.
Conclusions:
The formulated description of the supervisory model is an answer to the demand suggested in contemporary literature: the need to explore in more detail techniques of clinical supervisory work. A detailed presentation of methods of supervision and provision of examples of practical implementation allows other clinicians to use these techniques and to verify their empirical foundations.