Supervision of Naikan Interviews from the Viewpoint of a Clinical Psychotherapist

Abstract

  One of the authors, a clinical psychologist with personal Naikan experience, did the interviewer training course "Blind Assessment" and considered the following;

1. In the training course "Blind Assessment" we can understand step by step the points in common and the points of difference between psychotherapy and the Naikan interview.

2. We can learn a lot from the supervisor not only through the supervision but also by observation.

3. Thinking about the transferences between the supervisor and the supervisee deepen the understanding of the self.

4. Doing the training and Naikan simultaneously has merits and demerits. However, deepening understanding of the self improves the interview skills, and having the opportunity to examine oneself from many different points of view deepens the understanding of the self.