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Three Associating brings psychoanalytic supervision into the contemporary media scene. This well-produced podcast, featuring a talented supervisor and two likable, emotionally vulnerable supervisees, is a welcome arrival at a time when most media seem to ignore or mock the psychoanalytic tradition. The podcast website describes it this way:
Join Rachael and Andrew as they explore with their supervisor Gill how their own hidden feelings and motivations influence the therapeutic process and affect their patients … [Relational psychoanalytic supervision] requires a great deal of courage on behalf of the supervisees, as their blind spots come to light, and that demands skill on behalf of the supervisor to create a supervisory experience that is safe and illuminating.
The supervisor is Gill Straker, clinical professor of psychology at Sydney University, and co-author of The Talking Cure (2019). She describes her approach as a blend of Lacanian and Relational Psychoanalysis. The supervisees are Rachael Burton, an experienced masters-level psychologist, and Andrew Greeves, a doctoral-level psychologist and a candidate at the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at NYU. These three smart, articulate Australians bring psychoanalytic supervision to life.
In eight episodes, Rachael and Andrew take turns presenting a relational dilemma that has complicated their work with a patient. A 20-minute supervisory “session” is followed by a ten-minute structured discussion, moderated by the supervisee who did not present in that episode. Each episode demonstrates how a capable supervisor can work directly with a supervisee's psychology without transgressing the teach-treat boundary
(Sarnat, 1992). It offers an accessible, enjoyable vehicle for understanding how supervisory exploration of the stuck places that develop between patient and therapist can help a treatment progress.
These supervisees' presentations bring their patients to life both succinctly and vividly,