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Judi
Yes she's a really valuable woman. I
thought it was good that B wrote that list.
Bill
Yes it's helpful isn't it?
Judi
Yeah I said to her immediately when I saw
that,
“Great, let’s do that because it makes it
much easier”.
Bill
Well she's, I think it's through getting
involved in events and things but I’m
getting much more of a sense that she's
supporting what's going on.
Judi
Yes she is. * (see * in adjacent column)
Bill *
Judi *
Bill
Yeah that's right. But it feels like we're
actually getting a service from her, she's
thinking like what needs to done, what
would help them.
Judi Well you see R hasn't been here and
T isn’t around, she's very nervous of T. So
... she might be more nervous with men
than women, you know. So she's quite
good because they were all bossing me
around.
Bill Sorry?
Judi They were bossing me around, other
women boss other women around.
Chapter Eight – A Consulting Break - Page 244
There’s a quality of non sequitur here. I’ve
idealised a man (one of the students, as it
happens my supervisee), Judi a woman (an
administrator at the Centre),
A woman who supports what’s going on.
Judi is talking here as a manager of the
agency, the Acting Director. She’s
changed role.
* The text at these points, which does not
have a significant bearing on the
research, has been deleted from this copy
of the transcript for reasons of privacy.
I think Judi is trying to say that the arrival
of a new staff member has protected her
from bullying by the female administrative
staff, who are afraid of men but not when
they are absent, as they are now.
Reflecting at bi-logical depth, Judi is also
probably telling me that she’s nervous
with me.