ABSTRACT
In this chapter, a supervisee describes her first clinical supervision experience during her psychoanalytic training. While the supervisee, a clinical social worker, utilizes an eclectic approach with her patients, the supervisor, a psychologist, is a staunch Freudian analyst. Through challenging case examples, we see how supervisor and supervisee are able to successfully navigate these differences in disciplines and theoretical orientations. Transference, countertransference, parallel processes, and other significant phenomena that frequently arise in supervision are discussed. Ultimately, the chapter illustrates that the supervisory relationship does not have to be constrained by shared disciplines or orientations; rather, it is the working alliance that truly matters.
