ABSTRACT
Interpersonal psychoanalytic supervlSlon has developed in tandem with Interpersonal theory. The same understanding of interpersonal relations that is applied to work with patients is used in supervision to further the analysis of the patient. In Interpersonal theory, the analyst is seen as a participant in the analytic inquiry. In a similar way, the supervisor is seen as a participant in the supervisory process. From this perspective, psychoanalytic work is most enriched by the supervisory study of transference, countertransference, and resistance and counterresistance between patient and analyst, as well as between analyst and supervisor. This kind of supervisory examination of the psychoanalytic process sheds light not only on the patient's dynamics but also, to a lesser extent, on those of the analyst and supervisor.
