ABSTRACT
Two studies of psychoanalytic supervision in recent years have, indirectly, cast serious doubt on the efficacy of the traditional supervisory process: Wallerstein's Becoming a Psychoanalyst (1981) and Dewald's Learning Process in Psychoanalytic Supervision (1987). In both studies, well-trained and respected clinicians illustrate how they conduct supervisory sessions with gifted candidates. In Wallerstein's book, Herbert Schlesinger summarizes his work with Howard Shevrin; Dewald's study presents verbatim transcripts of his supervision of Mary Dick.
