Problematic psychoanalytic supervision: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study

Problematic supervision has been found to be a common occurrence among psychotherapists worldwide. Although there are some research studies that explore therapists' experiences of problematic supervision, the literature on such in context psychoanalytic is limited. This study, as part larger explored psychotherapists' supervision. Using semi-structured interviews, 14 professional practitioners were interviewed. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed for data analysis. Five themes identified: feeling frustrated, hurting deprivation, holding back, losing my voice and challenging boundaries. first study capturing lived The findings emphasise need take into account supervisees' conceptualisations about their difficult order conduct way meaningful accessible them. can extended by future supervisors clients' Further implications practice policy recommendations discussed.