Peer Supervision Groups

Lee D. Kassan is a licensed psychoanalyst, licensed Mental Health Counselor, and Certified Group Psychotherapist in private practice since 1980. He is the author of Who Could We Ask? The Gestalt Therapy of Michael Kriegsfeld (2007), Second Opinions: Sixty Psychotherapy Patients Evaluate Their Therapists (1999), and Shrink Rap: Sixty Psychotherapists Discuss Their Work, Their Lives, and the State of Their Field (1996), and a co-author of Genius Revisited: High IQ Children Grown Up (1993).

• 1 IntroductionPart 2 I: SupervisionChapter 3 1 The Supervisory RelationshipChapter 4 2 The Problems of SupervisionPart 5 II: The InterviewsChapter 6 3 Who Are the Interviewees?Chapter 7 4 The Members of the GroupChapter 8 5 The Structure of the GroupChapter 9 6 Presenting a CaseChapter 10 7 The Positive and the NegativePart 11 III: Some GroupsChapter 12 8 Specific Peer Groups13 Conclusions and Recommendations14 Appendix A — The Questionnaire15 References16 Index17 About the Author

Kassan offers a glimpse into the vulnerabilities of clinicians. With an extensive review of the literature, he makes a compelling case for peer supervision as a haven for personal and professional development and connection. This book is both informative and inspiring.