As an acknowledged aspect of psychotherapy, countertransference would be
an anticipated subject for discussion in clinical supervision. However, the
authors' review of videotapes of 24 supervisors working with second-year
residents revealed that 12 made no comments on the subject, 8 approached
the subject directly, and 4 approached it indirectly. The authors discuss
the reasons for this avoidance of countertransference issues and note that
discussion of countertransference does not necessarily change supervision
into therapy.Abstract Teaser