IJSP Number 3, 2021

52 we name ourselves psychologists? Alternatively, if we wish to study the mind or some behavioural patterns should we not name ourselves cognitive-behaviourist? Therefore, should we rethink supervision as such, and psychotherapy and psychology? Yes, we believe we should rethink supervision in order to attain to a super vision that could clarify some etymological and conceptual issues in psychology. We have to clear the foundation for a solidly constructed field of investigation, today more than ever. Besides that, we do not need such forced mathematical borrowings, especially from statistics, to feign a science that has such a solid and reliable investigation field as the human psyche can provide. After all, the complexity of the human psyche cannot easily be contained in one equation or a magic formula that should describe all our inner life. We cannot deceive ourselves that such an equation or formula could ‘comprehend’, contain, or appropriate, everything about us humans, and we believe that we have to restore, first of all, our dignity because, as Alexander Lowen observes: “Another quality that seems to be lacking these days is dignity. It sounds like an old-fashioned word. I rarely hear it used now. Instead, I hear a lot about power. The pursuit of power excludes the possibility of dignity because power represents the attempt to compensate an inner feeling of humiliation. If I have power, no one dares humiliate me. But like all compensatory mechanisms, the need for power or money confirms and reinforces the inner feeling of humiliation, despite efforts to deny it.” [8] Dignity appears to be a powerful word in our world, much too powerful for our agitated and stressed citizens. Nowadays one does not have the time to be dignified, as one does not have sufficient energy to be respectful. However, ironically, a deeper analysis indicates that it is not an issue of time or energy needed to master some dignity, but it is a more subtle process that reaches the heart of human personality, namely Statistics. The person as such – as well as the idea of personality that should define every human being – has become a persona non-gratta . In order to apprehend such a preposterous idea, the question about psychology and statistics should be asked. However, first thing first: why is it that we discuss of statistics and psychology, or more to the point, why do we need statistics in psychology? Is not this statistical crutch necessary only to facilitate the effortless understanding of this complex but nevertheless beautiful science? resilience, family resilience, and other areas. Psychologists of diverse orientations also consider the unconscious mind. Psychologists employ empirical methods to infer causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables. In addition, or in opposition, to employing empirical and deductive methods, some—especially clinical and counseling psychologists—at times rely upon symbolic interpretation and other inductive techniques. Psychology has been described as a "hub science" in that medicine tends to draw psychological research via neurology and psychiatry, whereas social sciences most commonly draw directly from sub-disciplines within psychology. (Wikipedia.com)