CLINICAL SUPERVISION - A 3-WAY MIRROR

The principles and process of a model of clinical supervision for psyc hotherapy are presented and described through two cases. The model dra ws heavily from Bowen's family systems theory and Peplau's theory of i nterpersonal relations. The relationships in the client-family, client -therapist, and therapist-supervisor systems mirror each other, and ch anges in self-definition, and in the management of anxiety of persons in one system catalyzes changes in parallel systems. Two cases illustr ate the model. In the first case, anxiety needed to be raised to level s optimal for learning. In the second case, no learning occurred until levels of anxiety were reduced.