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Caring for the Care‐Giver: The Benefit of a Peer Supervision Group
Author(s) -
Bosco Amy Foster
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1023/a:1009458316485
Subject(s) - grief , sadness , pregnancy , psychotherapist , psychology , peer support , peer group , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , developmental psychology , anger , biology , genetics
I presented the following case to my leader‐led peer supervisiongroup twice as the case evolved over the course of one year. During my firstmeetings with Mr. and Mrs. M we discussed a prenatal diagnosis of a skeletaldysplasia at thirty‐three weeks of pregnancy and the option of a third trimesterpregnancy termination. One year later I presented follow‐up on the outcome ofthe affected pregnancy, a new pregnancy, and Mrs. M's suicide. Although bothsegments of the case were completed by the time I presented, my peersupervision group was invaluable. With the encouragement and support of groupmembers, I could openly express and process my sadness and grief for the M'ssituation and the loss of Mrs. M's life.