ABSTRACT
Group supervision might be like the little girl with the little curl. Sometimes, an experience of group supervision can create an atmosphere of connection and illumination, in a supportive environment. As in therapy, a secure supervision group needs a consistent environment, with regularity of meetings and personnel. The group leader needs to consider some of the group processes that may add to the difficulty of maintaining an atmosphere of learning and enquiry when one therapist presents clinical material for supervision in a group. The role of the group is especially interesting and complex when a couple rather than an individual is presented for supervision. D. Kalsched wrote about this in relation to his experience of group supervision, Individual “theories” were not coherent systems, but represented the “personal equation” of the therapist—a way of formulating what was seen, a lens through which otherwise chaotic information came into focus for him or her.
