Dialogue and Heroes: Bakhtin and existential perspectives on supervision

Anna C. Rédei

Dialogue and Heroes: Bakhtin and existential perspectives on supervision

Authors

Anna C. Rédei Author

Keywords:

Bakhtin, dialogue, existential supervision, existential psychotherapy

Abstract

The purpose of the essay is to explore the possibility of using some insights of the Russian philosopher of the dialogic word and literary scholar Mikhail Bakhtin in supervision, from an existential perspective. The essay ends with a case. Translations from Swedish and French are mine, when otherwise not stated.