IJSP Number 5, 2023

38 always free of conflict. What is important to emphasize here is that it is possible to shape the relationship and the work in such a way that solutions, new insights, and facilitations can emerge. This has less to do with predetermined programs, whose points are simply to be worked through to achieve a goal, but rather with the forming of the supervisory relationship, the attitude of the supervisor and his or her anthropological conception of man – findings that are also described in other approaches and are becoming more and more important [ 7 ] . 3. Non-Arbitrariness of Working Times Living beings, especially humans, are not equally receptive to change, new skills, or new insights at any times. At the same time, individuals can't wait for their care at will either. Not every moment or situation in supervision is suitable for any procedure or follow-up step. The importance of the right timing for offers or interventions is not only to wait patiently for the "fruitful moments", but also to seize them by the opportunity. An exact course of a supervision can therefore never be determined and planned in advance. 4. Non-Arbitrariness of Working Speed Accordingly, the speed of progress can also only be influenced to a limited extent. How fast someone progresses depends to a very high degree on the person himself. Development processes take time, which is essentially dependent on the person being cared for and his or her possibilities at a given moment; in any case, they cannot be arbitrarily accelerated or slowed down. The fact that the form, the times, and the pace of the work are not arbitrary or random is not only applicable for the supervisees or the supervision group, but also for the supervisor. The concrete course of action must also correspond to him or her [ 6 ] , [ 8 ] . 5. Accepting Detours Detours are often required because the desired results cannot always be achieved directly. Sometimes these detours are necessary intermediate steps that may have to be deliberately planned by the supervisor because he/she has recognized that interpolations are still needed for the evolving process of cognition or general development. In this context, confidence in self-organization has an essential function. However, own perplexity and passivity on the part of the supervisor in certain periods of supervision should not be confused with toleration of detours. Detours are certainly needed from time to time on both sides; the supervisor must be aware of whose detours are involved, what kind of barrier is in question, and act accordingly. A mistake that is often made in this context in psychotherapy as well as supervision is to interpret necessary detours simply as "resistance" [ 8 ] . 6. Mutuality of Influence Supervision takes place between at least two people, each of whom interacts with the other. It is (like psychotherapy) a collaborative process, a shared process of discovery and change within a dynamic relational situation. Experience and behavior of all persons involved are to be understood as occurrences in a field, they build a field process that complies with the rules of the psychic field. “Although geared towards the clarification of a situation, of the developmental potential and the need of support by one certain person, with the professional help of the other,