# Supervised psychoanalysis

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A '''supervised psychoanalysis''' or '''psychoanalysis under supervision''' is a form of [psychoanalytic](/source/psychoanalytic) treatment in which the [psychoanalyst](/source/psychoanalyst) afterwards discusses the psychological content of the treatment, both manifest and latent, with a senior, more experienced colleague.<ref>[http://www.enotes.com/supervised-analysis-control-case-reference/supervised-analysis-control-case Roger Perron, Supervised analysis]</ref>  

The analyst who provides the supervision is called a '''supervising analyst''' (or less frequently '''supervisory analyst''').  

==Training==
Since 1925, supervised analyses have been a mandatory part of an aspiring analyst's psychoanalytic training within the [International Psychoanalytical Association](/source/International_Psychoanalytical_Association); and most training institutes ascribe great value to the experience of such an individual relationship ''about'' an analytic relationship.<ref>Janet Malcolm, ''Psychoanalysis; The Impossible Profession'' (1988) p. 54</ref>

A similar system was adopted after 1948 by the [Society of Analytical Psychology](/source/Society_of_Analytical_Psychology).<ref>J. Weiner et al, ''Supervising and being Supervised'' (2003) p. 83</ref>

The danger of uncritically applying insights drawn from the supervision directly to the analysis is however also recognised; and some would stress the importance of developing one's own internal supervisor, as opposed to merely reproducing someone else's thinking in the session.<ref>Patrick Casement, ''Further Learning from the Patient'' (1990) p. 9</ref>

==Length==

The term "supervised analysis" is flexible.  It can be applied to such treatment lasting over several years or to a single session; while even practicing analysts will sometimes seek supervision and discuss a challenging case with a senior colleague,<ref>[http://www.enotes.com/supervised-analysis-control-case-reference/supervised-analysis-control-case Perron]</ref> or resort to ongoing supervision at times of analytic difficulty.<ref>Casement, p. 124</ref>

==See also==
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*[Countertransference](/source/Countertransference)
*[Little Hans](/source/Little_Hans)
*[Training analysis](/source/Training_analysis)
}}
==Notes==
{{Reflist|2|}}

==Further reading==
* {{Citation|editor1-last=Caligor|editor1-first=Leopold|editor2-last=Bromberg|editor2-first=Philip M. |editor3-last=Meltzer|editor3-first=James D.|title=Clinical perspectives on the supervision of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy|publisher=Springer. Pp. 281|year= 1984|isbn=0-306-41403-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9uNgreNV844C}}
* {{Citation|last1=Fleming|first1=Joan|last2=Benedek|first2= Therese|title=Psychoanalytic Supervision: A Method of Clinical Teaching|publisher=International Universities Press. Pp. 252|year=1966|isbn=0-8236-5041-3}}
* {{Citation|last1=Frawley-O'Dea|first1=Mary Gail|last2=Sarnat|first2=Joan E.|title=The Supervisory Relationship: A Contemporary Psychodynamic Approach|publisher=Guilford Press. Pp. 247|year=2000
|isbn=1-57230-621-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mH1QXicgLKAC}}
*{{Citation|editor-last=Lane|editor-first=Robert C.|title=Psychoanalytic approaches to supervision|publisher=Psychology Press. Pp. 223|year= 1990|isbn=0-87630-603-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lB-Gv8HQJocC}}
*{{Citation|editor1-last=Wiener|editor1-first=Jan|editor2-last=Mizen|editor2-first=Richard|editor3-last=Duckham|editor3-first=Jenny|title=Supervising and being supervised: a practice in search of a theory|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 245|year=2003|isbn=0-333-96269-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wy9C8bxZuOYC}}

==External links==
[http://www.wawhite.org/index.php?page=supervised-clinical-training Supervised Clinical Training]

[http://www.enotes.com/training-psychoanalyst-reference/training-psychoanalyst Training of the Psychoanalyst]

Category:Psychoanalysis by type

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