Abstract
This paper examines the candidate's anxiety in supervision and its detrimental impact on the candidate's training and quality of life. It looks closely at the various sources of candidates' anxiety emphasizing the iatrogenic anxiety engendered in the supervisory encounter per se. Some of the issues discussed are: apprehension of self-exposure; intrusion into the intimate hour; narcissistic vulnerabilities; dependency and boundary issues; interpersonal/intersubjective anxieties; anxieties inherent in the multiple-role relationship with the supervisor and the institute; evaluation, confidentiality, safety, and trust. The article concludes with a plea to the psychoanalytic community to attend to the high level of candidates' anxiety and the heavy burden an outdated model of supervision puts on the shoulders of both supervisors and supervisees. It emphasizes the urgent need to introduce the necessary changes in the structure of supervision in psychoanalytic institutes.
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