Supervision in Ericksonian therapy
- theoretical considerations
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Polish Ericksonian Institute
Submission date: 2024-07-22
Final revision date: 2024-12-02
Acceptance date: 2024-12-07
Online publication date: 2025-04-13
Publication date: 2025-04-13
Arch Psych Psych 2025;27(1):7-15
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The article discusses the theoretical assumptions of supervision, carried out in the course of Ericksonian school of psychotherapy. The author presents the framework of a supervision contract, as well as the goals of supervision. She explains the methods of supervision utilizing both conscious and unconscious phenomena in a supervision meeting and introduces a concept of Ericksonian inclusion. She also describes the supervisory relationship and shows how the parallel process is understood in Ericksonian psychotherapy. Next, she presents the stages of the supervision process and compares them to the stages of hypnosis. Finally, she examines the different areas of a supervisee's development.