Feb 11 SSP Symposium (Rubinstein) Idealization and Authority in the Supervisory Relationship

Saturday, February 11, 2012
SSP Symposium
Idealization and Authority in the Supervisory Relationship
Terri Rubinstein, MFT
Case Presenter: Shira Gallagher, LCSW

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The interplay between idealization and authority and the field created by the supervisor and the supervisee’s relationship to these experiences can shape the course and outcome of clinical supervision. If either member of the supervisory dyad is unable to relinquish his or her need to idealize and/or the need to be idealized, the supervision may be derailed. When supervision is successful, however, there is a reciprocal working through of idealization, which in turn facilitates the development of the supervisee’s clinical authority.

This year’s symposium invites you to participate in a personal exploration of how the supervisor’s vulnerabilities, with regard to being idealized and idealizing, impact the supervisee. Specifically, the discussion will explore how the supervisor can inhibit and/or support the supervisee’s ability to internalize the supervisor’s clinical skills while learning to feel and trust their own clinical authority.

The format of the colloquium offers participants an opportunity to actively examine their personal relationship to idealization and authority. A clinically focused presentation will be followed by small group discussions aimed at exploring personal reactions to the material. The afternoon will feature a live case presentation utilizing a unique method of revealing the supervisor’s and the supervisee’s inner experiences as they occur during the session. The final segment of the symposium will involve small group consultations that will highlight and integrate the discussions of the day.

Terri Rubinstein, M.A., MFT, is a psychotherapist and consultant in private practice in Berkeley, CA. She is currently supervising at The Psychotherapy Institute and has supervised at local agencies and in private practice. She has been an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at John F. Kennedy University and has taught graduate level and continuing education courses in the Bay Area. In addition to her relationally-focused, depth-psychotherapy practice, she is also a certified mediator and has developed an approach called Child-Centered Divorce Mediation.

Shira Gallagher, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and consultant in private practice in Berkeley, CA. A graduate of The Psychotherapy Institute’s training program, Shira practices relationally-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy with adults and adolescents. She also works part time at Bay Area Youth Centers, as a Clinical Supervisor and Clinician to current and former foster youth. Shira also does trainings on how to identify and effectively support the emotional needs of youth and adults and suicide prevention.

Saturday, February 11, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location: Preservation Park, Nile Hall
CE: 6 Units (MFT, LCSW approved; MCEP #PSY005-0296-000)

Lunch provided.