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PSYCHODYNAMIC PRACTICE
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ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14753634.2023.2282721
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Supervision; superego; censor; persecutor; protector
This article discusses the role of the superego in supervision and clinical work, including its functions as a censor, persecutor, and protector. The superego can inhibit the exploration of clinical material and the understanding of the client's internal world, but it also ensures good practice and the achievement of the clinician's goals.
Key to psychodynamic and psychoanalytic work is an observing ego and the capacity to reflect on conscious and unconscious dynamics. Supervision frequently requires us to think the unthinkable and consider and reflect on material that might be shame inducing or provoke anxiety. However, this requires the ego to allow unconscious thoughts and feelings to surface and not be inhibited by the superego. The superego affects us in many ways. It sometimes acts as a censor determining what can be consciously thought in order to manage anxiety and inhibit unwanted thoughts and affects entering consciousness. It can persecute us with shoulds and oughts but it can also protect through consideration of what is appropriate and ethical. In this paper I explore the impact of the superego on supervisory and clinical work in terms of being a censor, a persecutor and protector. The paper interweaves theory with clinical examples and examines how the superego can inhibit the exploration of clinical material and the development of a reflective and psychodynamic understanding of the client's internal world. In addition I consider how the superego is a factor that ensures good practice and that the work of the clinician is fit for purpose.
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