IJSP Number 1, 2019

33 DYSFUNCTIONAL THERAPEUTIC CONNECTIONS – NEGATIVE FACTOR IN THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS. THE ROLE OF SUPERVISION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP VOICU Maria 1 1 The Association of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy (AIRCP), Romania Email : mv.mioara@yahoo.com Abstract This piece of work is a succinct analysis of that factor which is common to all the psychotherapies regardless of their orientation and that of an overwhelming importance; that is the therapy relationship meant to help healing. It is at the same time a communication cord for those therapy relations, which subtly and abruptly degenerate in non-functional, defective relations, and finally compromise the success of the therapeutic process, widening, in this manner, the clients and their problems, creating a precedent in the future remedial therapy relations. This paper presents, one by one, the characteristics of a functional therapy relation, but also dimensions and features of those remedial therapy relations, which passed through changes; the decisive factors of such situations and their effects. Key words: therapy, relation, supervision. 1. INTRODUCTION Disorders and their afferent behaviours need to be revealed, because these have a direct impact on the remedial therapy relations, both from the perspective of the therapist and that of the client. Some examples of defective therapy relations and of the complex situations are presented, which show up as a consequence of some severe disorders, situations that therapists confront with during therapies; dangerous, alarming circumstances being included here, which must be avoided and specially focused on. The paper refers to the extremely important and useful aspect – the supervision process. Its role and its components in the learning and evolution process are underlined; they are necessary both to the beginner therapists and to