Mentioned in supervision?

Do any of you wonder/worry if you are ever mentioned as a case or issue in your T's supervision?

I know my T has group supervision and the thought that these strangers are aware of my existence/issues freaks me out. (I'm in the welfare profession and know/work with a lot of counsellors and therapists and wonder if there's a chance they could know to if they attend the same).

I don't think I am interesting enough to be mentioned for any reason. Isn't it all confidential still? As long as a client is not being identified, then it would not concern me.

I think I'd have gotten a better outcome if T had asked about my case in supervision. She was over her head on my issues. I think it shows a commitment to professionalism.

I think my T told her spouse that I was a client and discussed it with her spouse, who was also in the same business. This is even weirder for me because I see the spouse occasionally in my social circle.

My T has mentioned me in supervision a few times that she has told me about.
The first time i heard about it was when i had had a really hard session, and told my T that i thought i was texting/calling her too much between session. My T said that she had run it past her superviser, who said it was "very appropriate considering the level of deep emotional work" that we were doing at the time.

I felt it was very helpful that someone outside of the therapy room (the supervisor) acknowledged how deeply i was effected by what i was going through, and found it a helpful thing.

I have supervision for my job and so I know that t is bound to talk about me in supervision herself. When she changes approach it's probably due to a conversation in supervision and it seems a little odd knowing she is discussing me with a third party but I suppose that is the best way forward. I know my supervisor has often given me advice that can make all the difference to the people I work with. It's still a little uncomfortable so I guess I make a deliberate choice not to think about it!

I hope my T discusses all of his clients in supervision. That's the whole point of it!

As I've mentioned before, I like to imagine my T going to supervision. I have all kinds of imaginary conversations in my head - it's a way of expressing feelings and opinions I can't seem to just have for myself.

I'd love to know what he actually says...

I have no idea, but I think it is possible. My T is the clinical director of her counseling group and has been a T for a long time. I highly doubt that she's had to talk about me or talk about me much. Either way, no identifying information is shared. I do know that T consulted another T with a certain specialty about a good book for me to read on a topic. It turns out, the book was not actually congruent to my situation, but oh well.... Still, I do know that that one thing I told her threw her for a bit of a loop.

My T is not in supervision, but I know he has consulted with the pdoc in his practice and with my own pdoc about my case which is perfectly okay with me.

Having been in the hospital quite a few times, I'm used to being discussed by groups of professionals. Both my T and my pdoc have let me know when they have consulted on my case and have shared what was discussed as far as I know.

My T has to be in regular supervision as part of his UKCP membership.

One did....well she told her supervisor stuff who decided to call the cops on me.



Needless to say that relationship was over like that.

I don't think I have to worry about it with my current T. I believe he is the person for supervision for everyone else.

I don't think it would bother me. I'd love to hear what was said though.

T s have to have supervision, I think its one hour per 5 clients here anyway. They cannot mention your name or anything that will identify you. They will discuss all of their clients with their supervisor as they are supposed to be getting help, support and advice from their supervisor in how to deal with their clients.
That being said, my current t was my ex ts supervisor and I can't help wonder if she told her to terminate me. T always tries to fish what happened with me and ex t and I never told her. She knows I saw ex t, cos she asked her name. I guess from all the information she can guess who I am because there are not that many gay women around here.

Not necessarily true everywhere.

Thats why I said here anyway because I am not sure about anywhere else

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

Just kidding :P

It's interesting the different requirements around this. Definitely not a requirement here.

Lol , no fighting only peace
Well I think all ts should be required to take supervision, it's the law here. Somebody has to keep an eye on them and check they are looking after their patients

My T has supervision and she told me that supervision is for support and also for about her practice mainly, they talk about things she might be stuck with, training issues, and if clients are spoken about it's all anonymous. She is also a Supervisor for many other therapists. She told me she gets very annoyed with T's who blame clients for things lol, that clients are never to blame and it's up to therapists to contain the boundaries and therapeutic process.

I imagine my T in supervision all the time. I wonder what he says about me. Is he like, " ugh - I have this one client who is driving me up the wall. She comes in every week like its our first session or something and there is no continuity from one session to the next. She can't find the words to speak. She's got such a case of learned helplessness. I don't get her. She's not my favorite client." Or does he have me all figured out and is like "whatever. Her problems all originate from her father's emotional distance and her mother's chaotic reactivity."

More likely he doesn't say much about me. I'm hyper-vigilant of when he changes things up though, and that it may be related to his supervision...

My T teaches at a local medical school, and has been in practice quite a while, so I'm pretty positive he does not have supervision.

Thanks for your responses. In the UK, it is the law and even voluntary counsellors have supervision, even if they counsel at a basic entry level. (I used to do this).

My T is in her 70's and from what she's told me, she loves her small supervision group (who have shared lunches) and they are long term friends with each other. I suppose that is why sometimes she'll suddenly change direction and I wonder why that's the case; e.g. Working through our 'impasse' recently. I would worry that she would moan about me to

My T is a head of the psychologists and other T's have come to her for advice, When I have been waiting to see her I have often seen other T's come out of her office, I once seen a letter she was sending via email to other T's I couldn't help but notice this when I walked into her office She probably discusses me and as Rect0pathic says here in the Uk I am sure it is law.

Here the Ts are required to spent 500 hrs in therapy themselves (so to understand the client position and themselves better) and then 5 yrs of weekly supervision and that's it.
Other than that it depends on the T whether he/ she decides to seek supervision or not.
My T is not supervised at the moment- he says he goes when he feels the need. TBH I like that he's not supervised and everything I say is just between you and him. As far as I can tell he's doing just fine without it

My T see his supervisor every other week. He also is required to do his own T once a week for three years to keep his accreditation up to date.

I know that I have come up in conversation a few times with my T's super, as he has told me or I have asked. Also, I think I can tell when T has been talking to his super because he seems to change his approach from time to time...and sometimes the approach is less helpful or I do not like it. My T has told me that his super tends to prefer stricter boundaries then he does. I thought it was cool that my T admitted that he does not abide by the same strict boundaries as his super.

My t is in supervision because be is still a student. Outside of accreditation and licensing, I do not think t's here are required to get supervision, but the good ones often do when they are stuck. I also know my t's supervisor, as she is the group leader for the dbt group I was in recently. I'm happy be gets help with me, but I worry that she may get specifics, so I asked. My t assured me he talks in vague terms that allow him to get across the gist of my issues without telling her everything (especially since an issue has resurfaced, and I feel very shameful and embarrassed about it).
Also, I to wonder if my t wants to strangle me sometimes, our if he just sighs and tries again.

My T is licensed as a supervising T. Here, you have to have several hundred hours of supervised counseling in grad school. Then, you have to take a test to become a provisional T. After that, you must have thousands of hours of supervised counseling before you are fully licensed. There is a ratio of hours spent with the supervising T v. Hour spent counseling clients. Once a T is fully licensed, I don't think that they are required to have time with a supervising T, but I think they have a duty to do so if a client is stuck or they need extra assistance. They also consult other Ts.... This is what I gather from looking up the laws/ethics where I am, anyway.