Volume 43 (2025), Edition 4

This article deals with case conceptualization in individual, group and team supervision. The focus is on the specifics of the roles and functions of the supervisor, case presenter and participant. These roles are theoretically reflected as specific...

This is a description of a supervision process with a team from an outpatient, low-threshold addiction support programme. The assignment is openly formulated and the team identifies a great need for clarification of the respective responsibilities,...

The author hypothesizes that an unresolved team conflict and the unexpected termination of a supervision process may reflect institutional ambivalence and serve a stabilizing function within a dysfunctional organizational structure, particularly in...

The commentary analyses the report of a supervision case in the field of addiction, particularly from a group-dynamic and psychodynamic perspective. The commentator highlights in particular the clarification of the assignment (contracting), the...

The author describes the supervision of a multi-professional team on a psychiatric hospital ward. In an environment characterized by bottlenecks, management deficits and high levels of stress, the team initially uses supervision in the traditional...

The commentary refers to a complex field of tension in a hospital team that suffers from structural constraints but is nevertheless committed to its work, as well as the (re)effects on the supervisor and his supervisory work. Among other things, it...

The case commentator hypothesizes, from a depth-psychologically inspired perspective, the fundamental dilemma of the work context, the defenseand coping functions of the supervisee-system, and the important role of the colleague in the staging of...

Starting a supervision process under unfavorable conditions, where the team is in a cold conflict with management and there is little willingness to address it, requires not only a considerable amount of courage and determination from both the staff...

Based on Vamik Volkan’s theory of »chosen trauma,« the commentary asks to which extent the current tensions in the organization are fed by long-standing conflicts that have not been dealt with or have been dealt with insufficiently. With Jacob...

Based on a conflict reduced to the team and leadership, the author expands the understanding of the case to include the perspective of the organization and potential improvements in change management and internal communication. Raising awareness of...

Supporting the dying process is a challenge for all professional groups involved. The images of the fairy tale Gevatter Tod are used to illustrate difficulties in dealing with life-prolonging medical technology on the one hand and the possible...

The article addresses conceptual challenges for longterm advanced training programs for supervisors designed to ensure the development of a »professional supervisory habitus« (a standard expectation of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Supervision...