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WITH APOLOGIES TO Stephen Potter (1968), and some appreciation for his levity, the following vignettes give some idea of what supervision can become for the candidate. Notice the difficulties
in the collaborative effort. Later, it will be necessary to explore, in a more heuristic way, those disjunctions preventing supervisory collaboration.
Under Supervisorship, the following moves and countermoves apply:
1Supervisor: Make the candidate as anxious as possible by not saying a word.
Candidate: Ignore this, pretend Supervisor has a severe laryngitis and hand him a cough drop.
2Supervisor: Interject that whatever the Candidate says is indicative of being a dumb-bell by snickering.
Candidate: Agree with this, and when the analysis goes sour, add, "I recall quoting you here. …"
3Supervisor: Frequently point out the Candidate's character disorder.
Candidate: Hand the supervisor a nail-clipper as he chews his nails, saying, "The human bite is the most infectious. …"