The discussion of really, I don’t think I’ve ever really talked about it’. boundaries for a number of participants appeared genuinely thought provoking. Claire said that the interview me think, made me think of ‘made and Anna said some que-, you know, for myself’ shall be thinking about ‘I this all day today now (laughs) It’s got me actually. Yeah when, it’s not This could potentially give when you start thinking about it you know’. further weight to the notion that this is not a subject area regularly discussed and reflected upon by staff. However, participants appeared to be genuinely interested in the subject. For some, the benefits of talking about boundaries were connected with the protective and restorative nature of supervision. This was seen as a space to bring complex clients and ethical dilemmas and that supervisory discussions were helpful in the management of boundaries. For example Sarah said ‘I think we’re, we’re very fortunate, I think we get, we get opportunities, you know we get opportunities to meet clinically, at least once a week and talk through people, and to raise, issues that, you know, we’ve also got, we’ve got an ethics committee, so if there are issues that we’re concerned about The importance of supervision we can take that to ethics and talk about’. was also identified in Mary’s account, when reflecting on how she managed multiple roles she said mean, we have good support from above…I know ‘I that if I’m struggling I can just pick up the phone and say, ‘Oh god, I’m Claire additionally really struggling’. I think that makes a lot of difference’. discussed the value of peer supervision and reflected that in pressurised
really, I don’t think I’ve ever really talked about it’. The discussion of boundaries for a number of participants appeared genuinely thought provoking. Claire said that the interview ‘made me think, made me think of some que-, you know, for myself’ and Anna said ‘I shall be thinking about this all day today now (laughs) It’s got me actually. Yeah when, it’s not when you start thinking about it you know’. This could potentially give further weight to the notion that this is not a subject area regularly discussed and reflected upon by staff. However, participants appeared to be genuinely interested in the subject. For some, the benefits of talking about boundaries were connected with the protective and restorative nature of supervision. This was seen as a space to bring complex clients and ethical dilemmas and that supervisory discussions were helpful in the management of boundaries. For example Sarah said ‘I think we’re, we’re very fortunate, I think we get, we get opportunities, you know we get opportunities to meet clinically, at least once a week and talk through people, and to raise, issues that, you know, we’ve also got, we’ve got an ethics committee, so if there are issues that we’re concerned about we can take that to ethics and talk about’. The importance of supervision was also identified in Mary’s account, when reflecting on how she managed multiple roles she said ‘I mean, we have good support from above…I know that if I’m struggling I can just pick up the phone and say, ‘Oh god, I’m really struggling’. I think that makes a lot of difference’. Claire additionally discussed the value of peer supervision and reflected that in pressurised
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