Person of the therapist supervision: Reflections of a therapist and supervisor on empathic-identification and differentiation.
Aponte, H. J., & Ingram, M. (2018). Person of the therapist supervision: Reflections of a therapist and supervisor on empathic-identification and differentiation. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 29(1), 43–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2018.1416233
In this paper, we will present a case vignette intimately detailing the work of a supervisor and therapist within the framework of the Person of the Therapist Training Model (POTT). The conceptual lenses we emphasize will be the empathic identification and differentiation aspects of the relationship between therapist and client. In that context, the POTT calls for monitoring and describing the interplay between the personal and professional of the therapist in relation to both her supervisor and her client.