ABSTRACT
In this chapter the focus is on the ways in which transference and countertransference phenomena can be brought to consciousness by the use of the art form drama in the training of dramatherapy supervisors. I shall look ®rst at an example of dramatic space as a setting for projective work in supervisor training and then move on to presenting some of the ways in which dramatic metaphor can highlight transference and countertransference. An important aspect of supervisor training, in whatever modality, is the ability for the therapist to take up the authority of the supervisory role. I shall brie¯y introduce this concept and show how it can be explored through projective work. (For further elucidation of authority in supervisor role, see Jenkyns in Tselikas-Portmann 1999.) The chapter ends with an example of how the projection on to drama itself is an issue for supervisors to be aware of as a transference phenomenon in supervision practice that, when it occurs and is worked with, can be most helpful in understanding the client's defence system. For those readers unfamiliar with some of the concepts, suggestions for further reading may be found at the end of the chapter.
