IJSP Number 2, 2020

36 - personal development; - professional development. The supervisor, especially at the beginning of clinical supervision, represents an inspiration for the supervisee. This inspiration is internalized and during the supervision it is introjected and builds the „internal supervisor”, which exists in each therapist. Thus, once again the importance of the supervisor, for the practicing therapist, is emphasized. Many supervised therapists don’t have previous experience with a supervisor, so the first session of clinical supervision, either individual or group, is impactful. What the supervisor transmits in the interaction with the therapist is very important (especially if the supervisee hasn’t benefited from supervision): - due to the anxiety that is supposed to characterize the beginner therapist, the emphasis placed on the alliance and the supervisory relationship is important, so the supervisor’s goodwill, patience, understanding, support, containment are qualities desired by the therapist; - the supervisor’s firm but „gentle” attitude allows the therapist to understand the limits between supervision, therapy and personal development; - assistance in presenting the case, during the training courses, both with the case and on the supervision needs. The therapist, the supervisee needs “clarification” in clearly specifying the needs of supervision, especially for him/her. Supervisory needs refer to: therapist / client relationship; what techniques, methods of intervention are appropriate during the therapy with the client and what are the needs related to the therapist’s personality. Presenting the case and specifying the supervision needs become more and clearer for the supervisee, through the questions asked to the supervisor. Both the supervisor and the supervisee start from a common point, what is clarified and what is desired for the ongoing supervision. The supervisor’s steep dive with a personal style, without a description of the jump, increases the therapist’s anxiety: the supervisor jumps together with the therapist, but according to certain landmarks, common factors: supervision framework, supervision conditions / requirements, supervision contract, conceptualization of the case, specifying the supervision needs. But why does the supervisee need a logic of supervision or to be seduced as a spectator watching the supervisor rowing and bypassing the waves that were about to drown him/her? The supervisory style of the supervisor may seduce the supervisee, but it cannot be copied. The therapist’s style is built from the common factors mentioned above and at the same time the “internal supervisor” is crystallized. The therapist does not have great benefits in copying the supervision style and crystallizing the “internal supervisor”, thus the following can be useful: - observing the common factors mentioned, in order to get used to a logic of clinical supervision;