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Supervising psychiatry residents in an urban COVID-19-only hospital raised several challenges to what can be the tightrope of the supervisory relationship. The potentially thin boundary between supervision and treatment requires constant attention, but there may be times when supervisors are called upon to become a support and an advocate and perhaps more. There could be no time this would become more true than during an international pandemic. The line between supervision and treatment could be constantly and consistently tested, as similar dynamics and a common reality resounded through the various roles and relationships. Social work and psychoanalytic training were essential to walking this line in such extraordinary circumstances by adherence to the principles of both. As in treatment, shared trauma and the required modifications made to the delivery system (telemedicine and tele-supervision) could challenge the frame. Also, as in treatment, adherence to the frame, with enhanced attention to the supervisee’s and supervisor’s own experience, is essential.
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Cummins, L. (2021). Supervising Psychiatry Residents in a COVID-19-Only Hospital: A Hall of Mirrors. In: Tosone, C. (eds) Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic. Essential Clinical Social Work Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61442-3_5
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