Once upon a time, in order to consult Apollo’s Oracle and be advised on difficult decisions, one had to undertake a long and perilous journey to Delphi. Today, therapists can do an online search for live supervisions based on their different needs. Supervision can now be provided online, without the time-consuming effort of physically accessing the supervisor’s office: in case of an emergency, quick tips can be delivered promptly via short text messages and social messaging apps, or more extensively via e-mail and via video calls. Each of these resources presents its own set of pros and cons and should be chosen by the supervisor according to the actual needs of both therapist and patients. These different ways of supervision involve different ways of communicating; these too should be taken into account by the supervisor: it is possible to understand the therapist’s own reactions to his/her patients by the words chosen, the style of writing, the punctuation adopted, as well as by facial expressions, and on where the eyes focus. Distance changes which elements can be observed in order to receive analog feedback and to access countertransference and the therapist’s emotions; these are not canceled by distance, but rather transformed in ways compatible with online supervision. Examples of supportive instant and text messages sent to therapists, and of more in-depth supervisions via e-mail and video calls, in an Italian context, are provided and discussed in order to define some technical points adequate for the different online contexts.

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Consulting the Oracle: Resources, Advantages, Techniques, and Risks of Online Supervision

  • Gianmarco Manfrida,
  • Valentina Albertini,
  • Erica Eisenberg,
  • Giulia Monnetti,
  • Daniela Tortorelli

摘要

Once upon a time, in order to consult Apollo’s Oracle and be advised on difficult decisions, one had to undertake a long and perilous journey to Delphi. Today, therapists can do an online search for live supervisions based on their different needs. Supervision can now be provided online, without the time-consuming effort of physically accessing the supervisor’s office: in case of an emergency, quick tips can be delivered promptly via short text messages and social messaging apps, or more extensively via e-mail and via video calls. Each of these resources presents its own set of pros and cons and should be chosen by the supervisor according to the actual needs of both therapist and patients. These different ways of supervision involve different ways of communicating; these too should be taken into account by the supervisor: it is possible to understand the therapist’s own reactions to his/her patients by the words chosen, the style of writing, the punctuation adopted, as well as by facial expressions, and on where the eyes focus. Distance changes which elements can be observed in order to receive analog feedback and to access countertransference and the therapist’s emotions; these are not canceled by distance, but rather transformed in ways compatible with online supervision. Examples of supportive instant and text messages sent to therapists, and of more in-depth supervisions via e-mail and video calls, in an Italian context, are provided and discussed in order to define some technical points adequate for the different online contexts.