Parallel Process in Psychotherapy & Supervision: A Timeless Phenomenon
In this course, Dr. Heidi A. Zetzer explains parallel process as a subtle, often unconscious relational phenomenon that can emerge between therapy and supervision, offering supervisors and clinicians a powerful lens for understanding stuck points, recognising relational patterns, and transforming moments of dysregulation into opportunities for empathy, repair, and clinical growth.
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In this course, licensed psychologist Dr. Heidi A. Zetzer (Ph.D.; Teaching Professor, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara; Fellow of the American Psychological Association) introduces parallel process as a timeless supervision phenomenon that can flow between therapeutic and supervisory dyads, clarifying how it is defined, how it presents, what the research suggests, and how supervisors can respond with self-awareness, emotional regulation, and relational skill to support rupture repair, multicultural attunement, and more effective clinical decision-making.
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