Using the Weaving Thoughts Peer Supervision Method to Generate a Nested Mentalization Frame: The DHCC Experience

ABSTRACT The Weaving Thoughts (WT) peer group process is a method for eliciting insight that is used by analytic groups in Europe. The process involves the presentation of a therapy session to a group of colleagues who know nothing about the case and share their reactions and associations after the presentation of the session. This paper offers an account of the use of the WT group process at a university-run school-based community clinic, the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic. Through the use of the WT group process the directors and supervisors of the clinic were able to create a nested mentalization frame that was experienced as supportive by student therapists, faculty supervisors and administrators.