IJSP Number 5, 2023

43 extent, of course, this applies to the training of psychotherapy instructor supervisors and clinical supervisors. Metzger [ 2 ] demands the learning of a good sensing, in the meaning of an empathic feeling, a good intuition. Such a sensitivity can only be acquired in manifold self-experience, numerous therapeutic and supervisory self-experiences, and many opportunities to practice in a protected setting are considered indispensable in Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy. 4. CONCLUSIONS Gestalt theory, and with-it Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, also see the supervisory process as an educational one, insofar as it is regarded as a field of learning [ 7 ] . “This includes that we assume that the supervisee in his reflection of the relational events with his clients will in a certain way also make comparisons with his relational experience with his/her supervisor. Part of this experience is also dealing with the power imbalance or power differential that exists in some respects between therapist and client and is found in supervision between supervisor and supervisee.” [ 11, p. 55 ] The focus is not so much on the supervisor as a model and role model, which he or she undoubtedly is at times, but on the respectful encounter at eye level, which under special conditions can bring forth creative forces so that the self-organizing tendencies inherent in people can again take a positive direction. This happens less with special techniques or interventions but goes along with the quality of the relationship between supervisor and supervisee, with the attitude of the supervisor, and the common interaction manners. The concept of Creative Freedom describes the necessary fringe conditions for achieving this and the associated consequences that result for action and behavior. This concept has its origins in the Gestalt psychology of the Berlin School and lays claim to forms of education and interpersonal encounters. An adaptation to the special situation of supervision, both in the clinical and in the psychotherapy training field, has shown that this concept can be quite well associated with current supervision models and can underpin them in a complementary way. REFERENCES [1] Ash, M.G. (1998). Gestalt Psychology in German Culture 1890–1967. Holism and the Quest for Objectivity. New York: Cambridge University Press. [ 2 ] Metzger, W. (1962/2022). Schöpferische Freiheit. Gestalttheorie des Lebendigen. Herausgegeben von M. Soff und G. Stemberger . Wien: Krammer. [ 3 ] Stadler, M. & Crabus, H. (1986). Wolfgang Metzger (1899–1979). Leben, Werk und Wirkung: In W. Metzger, Gestalt-Psychologie. Ausgewählte Werke aus den Jahren 1950 bis 1982, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von M. Stadler und H. Crabus (p. 9–26). Frankfurt/Main: Waldemar Kramer. [ 4 ] Walter, H.-J. (1994). Gestalttheorie und Psychotherapie. Zur integrativen Anwendung zeitgenössischer Therapieformen . Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.