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Sophie? What has perhaps been important for you in these
conversations with Sophie? What has changed for you?
I was meeting Sandrine for the first time, which is why I explained the context of
our meeting. I called her Sandrine twice to make sure Sophie was in character, and
I talked about Sophie in the third person. Personally, I preferred the expression
8unexplained anxiety9 to 8poison9 because poison seemed more like an effect. And
in the expression 8unexplained anxiety9, 8unexplained9 was just as important as
8anxiety9, in my opinion. With my question, I also wanted to highlight the work
Sophie had already done; I find that supervision too often focuses on practitioners'
shortcomings rather than the progress they have already made. I was working on
the assumption that Sophie and Sandrine had not been going round in circles,
restoring knowledge to Sophie and Sandrine.
Sophie9s Sandrine: I need to be listened to. I listen to others a lot. I have a family,
children, a job that isn't easy, but I love it because I love helping
others. Children who are suffering are & are something that affects
me deeply. But no one listens to me; I'm always fine, I'm a very
strong person. I'm a good thinker, and people know they can count
on me no matter what. I'm someone who listens to everyone, but no
one ever listens to me, and when I come to see Sophie & She asks me
where I want to sit, and I choose the armchair, and then she just
listens to me & and that feels good because & no one ever listens to
me. I really feel like I need to talk. I need people to pay attention to
me.
This idea of 8not being listened to9 was new to me. Sophie hadn't mentioned it
before. I was surprised, and I had to get rid of the idea of dealing with
I Could See Myself in Her … Practising Insider Witnessing in Supervision
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, August 2026 Release, p. 111-135.
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