W artykule podejmowany jest rzadko badany temat odnoszenia
się psychoterapeutów w procesie psychoterapii i superwizji do
własnych doświadczeń związanych z płcią biologiczną i kulturową. Okazuje się, że znaczenie dla prowadzenia superwizji czy
psychoterapii ma nie tylko własna płeć, ale także płeć i atrakcyjność pacjenta/klienta, a także faza życia terapeuty. Badanie
jakkolwiek ma charakter eksploracyjny, jest przeprowadzone na
znaczącej próbie polskich psychoterapeutów i może inspirować
do weryfikacji nie stawianych dotąd hipotez.Objectives: Gender is the fundamental dimension of identity and therefore defining femininity/
masculinity and the related roles by psychotherapists seem to be especially important in psychotherapy practice. The presented research is one of the first of this kind in Poland and therefore is rather
exploratory and descriptive in nature. The purpose of the study was to find the answer to the question
whether Polish psychotherapists, in the understanding their patients, refer to their own gender and
sex-related experiences in the process of psychotherapy and supervision and - if yes-how they
reflect them.
Methods: The authors prepared a questionnaire including 20 closed and one open-ended question.
The study involved 144 heterosexual psychotherapists (70% of females, 30% of males).
Results: The findings showed that psychotherapists in individual, family and couples psychotherapy
refer to their gender-related experience particularly as a daughter/son, woman/man (younger therapist),
mother/father (older therapist). For younger female and male heterosexual psychotherapists (up to
40 years old) working with an opposite sex, attractive patient is a challenge, which - in the case of
male therapists - disturbs the process of psychotherapy, while in the case of female therapists may
both disturb or - as they claim - facilitate it
Conclusions: The life cycle of therapists and their sex seem to significantly influence the way they
experience their patients and refer to gender issues of their patients. The results confirm the necessity of supervision due to the inner voices of psychotherapist related to sex and gender activated during
psychotherap
