Group supervision of groups: A modern analytic perspective

This article is introduced by historical references to Freud's Wednesday Ev ening Society and to relevant sources in the literature on group supervisio n. The ai,ns of group supervision are defined: helping supervisees to under stand the individuals who comprise their groups, hel;bing the supervisee be come a group-oriented therapist, alerting supervisees to the critical task of monitoring and regulating the amount of emotional excitation within thei r groups, helping supervisees deal with the range of feelings induced in th em by their groups, and helping them become familiar with the principles an d become proficient in the techniques of modern analysis Major aspects of t he group-supervisory process are delineated and illustrated through the we of relevant vignettes. Resistance in supervisory groups is discussed with e xamples of the resolution of some resistances. The author's method and styl e of leading supervisory groups is presented, as are observations on the bo undaries of supervisory groups.