FAP Group Supervision: Reporting Educational Experiences at the University of São Paulo, Brazil

The present article describes and analyzes educational experiences related to the teaching of FAP for psychology graduate students and psychiatry residents at the University of São Paulo. The first experience involved psychology graduate students and includes an example of the shaping process occurring within the supervisor-supervisee relationship, the changes observed in the supervisees´ repertories and the impact this had in the way they would conduct therapy. The second experience involved Psychiatry residents training that involved a role-playing procedure to present the five rules of FAP and shape therapist's relevant behaviors, as well as the adoption of a specific FAP based intervention to modify the supervisees' behavior during supervision and with the client.