Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This paper explores isomorphic patterns in social work group supervision and social work practice through the lens of the psychoanalytical concept of parallel process and Bion’s theory of learning from experience. Empirical data from group supervision sessions are presented, and a link is theorised between sessions characterised by high levels of anxiety and the presence of parallel process, whereby ‘unthought’ anxiety provoking phenomena described in social workers’ practice appear to be repeated in supervision. Implications for supervision practice and social work more broadly are then discussed.
Source: Journal of Social Work Practice
Author: Henry Smith
Institution: University of Sussex
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4400539817