Creating connections -- Attachment and affect regulation -- Attunement : mirroring and empathy -- Patterns that persist : the transference and countertransference -- The double helix : affective encounter and interpretation -- Metaphor and metamorphosis -- The neuroscience of narrative : experience and meaning-making -- Dissociation and regression revisited -- Mirroring, resonance, and empathy in the supervisory process -- Conclusion : the way forward