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Four therapists have worked closely in a professional support group. More recently attention has been given to the group processes and internal experiences of the group itself. An observation of the four members of this group is that the group process has allowed for peer validation, fortuitously resulting in their professional identities shifting and evolving. They have become curious about the interface between and the integration of personal and professional facets of the therapist's self. A resulting discovery has been that the very mechanisms which disconnect the therapist “out there” may serve to promote connection in the support group.
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Blokland, L.M. Exploring Connections of the Supervisors in Supervision. Contemporary Family Therapy 21, 217–224 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021699510166
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