IJSP Number 1, 2019

24 appeared at the college level, which explains their relaxation when it comes to feedback. Observations made in the supervision show that most of the cases presented came from the therapists’ workplace, as well as from the private practice. Supervision was therefore helpful in improving workplace psychology practice. Reactions occurred when the assessment criteria for continuous professional development established by the Romanian Psychotherapy Federation (50 hours of continuous professional training hours) were presented. In this situation, the supervisor may have been the perceived as a punitive parent (negative transfer); but over time, many of the feedback criteria have been accepted and colleagues are now following their professional development path. In conclusion, the supervision of supervisees and independent therapists was evaluated according to the specificity of the geographical area, of unfortunate events within the national professional association responsible for coordination, of their previous practice as psychologists, of the multitude of therapeutic orientations in the professional training market in psychotherapy and the supervisor’s perception. 3.2. SUPERVISORY STYLES INVENTORY [16] Supervisory Styles Inventory [16] contains 33 items or descriptors for the supervisor. When talking about the supervisor’s roles, these appear once the supervisor has identified and evaluated the supervisee’s abilities in each domain, when a role is choose in order to fulfil the supervision objectives. The three roles introduce in the inventory are: the professor, counsellor and consultant. The results for the average comparison obtained with the help of the SPSS software, after the application of the Supervisory Styles Inventory (SSI) are presented as summary in table 4. Table 4 Results of the Supervisory Styles Inventory (SSI) Variable Chi-square χ 2 p Attractive (consultant role) 12,041 0,002 Interpersonally sensitive (counsellor role) 13,066 0,001 Task oriented (professor role) 5,485 0,064 After the verification of the second hypothesis, significant differences were obtained when referring to the perception of the supervisor’s role, with an accent on consultant and counsellor, compared on geographical areas. For the consultant role, χ2 = 12,041, for a statistical significance threshold of p ≤ 0,01 (p = 0,002), the descending order of average rates for this role was: the