Personal Construct Peer Consultation: Caring for the Psychotherapists

Abstract

The development of personal construct models of supervision has been following the research into the psychological well-being of psychotherapists. In response to these investigations a personal construct model for peer consultation groups was developed. Along with the model's basic assumptions, there is an account of the group processes taking place. The clinical implications generated by these processes of facilitation are provided, followed by an account of the peer consultation group, the history, aims, objectives, and processes. A measure was developed to evaluate the consultation process of the peer group. Examples of evaluative processes are presented. The usefulness of the model and the evaluation measure are discussed. Next, the clinical implications of personal construct peer group consultation are investigated along with the capacity of this model to ''care'' for group members.