Conference Paper on The Bigger Picture: new perspectives on supervision for all
Trudi Newton TSTA(E) & Rosemary Napper PTSTA(O)
Supervision is part of the educational and learning process, perhaps the most important part in the development of a trainee. The classic functions of supervision are management, support and education or development (Kadushin 1985); in TA training the management function comprises the contractual responsibilities towards clients, in whatever field, and compliance with codes of ethics and practice, the ‘support’ function enables the trainee to reflect on and manage their own feelings and responses to their work in an empathic context. These three functions need to be kept in balance for supervision to be ethical and effective ....
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Short Article on Developing Creativity
Trudi Newton TSTA(E)
My aim in this paper is to explore what we mean by the phrase ‘living creatively’, through the framework of Transactional Analysis (TA). I will use this model to comment on the concept of ‘creativity’ and to illuminate the phases of the creative process (Zelinger 1990). First, a little about TA: its originator, Eric Berne, studied with Federn, himself a pupil of Freud. Berne’s core egostate model – Parent, Adult, Child – derives, via Federn, from Freud’s concept of super-ego, ego and id. Berne defined egostates as “consistent patterns of feeling and experience directly related to a corresponding consistent pattern of behaviour” (1961).
Handout on Functions within Supervision
Rosemary Napper TSTA(O)
The variety of roles the supervisor might adopt and the processes involved ...
