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A POST-HOC ANALYSIS OF EMOTIONS IN SUPERVISION: A NEW METHODOLOGY FOR EXAMINING PROCESS FEATURES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2004

Ian Andrew James
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, UK Reprint requests to Ian James, Centre for the Health of the Elderly, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK. E-mail: ianjamesncht@yahoo.com
Kathryn Allen
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, UK
Daniel Collerton
Affiliation:
Bensham Hospital, Gateshead, UK

Abstract

Supervision of therapy has received a lot of attention, but it has only recently begun to be examined in a systematic and empirical manner. This exploratory project employed a new type of methodology for examining the process of change occurring over four sessions of supervision. Video recordings of four clinical psychology supervision sessions were made, and after each session the supervisor and trainee independently provided commentaries of their experiences of supervision. Based on these commentaries, and further post-hoc reflections, the trainee was asked to choose an aspect of supervision to explore further. She chose to investigate her emotional reactions within the sessions. Hence, she was asked to provide further details about her emotions in each of the four sessions. The focus of supervision was a patient with neuropsychological problems following a stroke. The process analysis revealed that the trainee experienced a wide range of emotions in all of the supervision sessions, with anxiety being the most frequent. These emotions appeared to be responsive to the supervisor's conscious attempts to ensure appropriate affective arousal. Subsequent reflections on the processes highlighted via this methodology suggested that the dynamics observed were consistent with Vygotsky's theory of the Zone of Proximal Development.

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Brief Clinical Reports
Copyright
2004 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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