ABSTRACT
This chapter is based on the ideas of Freud, Klein, and other post-Kleinian authors—especially Leon Grinberg—and also originates from the author's personal experience of receiving and giving supervision. It considers the patient and his relationship with the therapist and the institution, and the relationship between supervisor and supervisee. The chapter also considers the conditions and characteristics of the supervisor and the supervisee, including the relationship that the supervisor and the supervisee maintain with the supervisee's therapist. It discusses the dynamics and characteristics of the staff, and the characteristics and dynamics of the institution. The chapter describes the resulting combination of the various participants in the supervision unit. It points out that different nuances and variations in the particular approaches can also foster greater depth in one's own treatment and in the patient-supervisee-supervisor relationship.
