Messages Conveyed in Supervision: Commentary on Paper by Dana L. Castellano, Psy.D.

Sandra Buechler, Ph.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute. She is also a supervisor at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital's internship and postdoctoral programs, and a supervisor at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. A graduate of the William Alanson White Institute, Dr. Buechler has written extensively on emotions in psychoanalysis, including papers on hope, joy, loneliness, and mourning in the analyst and patient. Clinical Values: Emotions that Guide Psychoanalytic Treatment, published by The Analytic Press in July 2004, examines the role of hope, courage, the capacity to bear loss, the ability to achieve emotional balance, and other factors in treatment, while her second book, Making a Difference in Patients’ Lives: Emotional Experience in the Therapeutic Setting (Routledge, 2008) describes her personal view of the process of therapeutic change. Still Practicing: The Heartaches and Joys of a Clinical Career (Routledge, 2012) looks at some sources of shame, sorrow, and resilience at various stages of a clinical career.Sandra Buechler, Ph.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute. She is also a supervisor at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital's internship and postdoctoral programs, and a supervisor at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. A graduate of