IJSP Number 6, 2024

34 letting this "inner speech" be heard aloud in the therapy session or to formulate self-referential statements in an explicit dialog, perhaps even acting them out. The expectation associated with this is that the experienced event and its meaning will become more differentiated, more vivid, and more "perceptible" to the client herself and to the therapist. This first step can be followed by a second exploration of the relationship between the content, structure, and dynamics of the "inner dialogues" and dialogical relationships in the client's life. This will not only be about similarities and differences, which may be the first thing that comes to mind, but also about the conditions that determine whether things are similar or completely different. For example, those who have just noticed that in the "inner dialog", the tone of voice of their “defense speech” against critical reproaches expressed a tendency to play down and offer as few areas of attack as possible, may subsequently remember everyday constellations in which they experience something similar. But also, other situations in which they experience something different. The conditions decisive for the one and the other can then be investigated. However, the second step often consists of exploring the relationship between the "inner dialog" and the experience of the corresponding event in the therapeutic situation between client and therapist - the third side of the Dialogic Triad. What must not be overlooked are the particularities of the psychotherapeutic situation, which differ in essential aspects from everyday situations and the associated relationships [ cf. 20 ] . Only when these particularities are considered can the joint comparative exploration of the differences and similarities between the experience and behavior in the "inner dialogue" and in the dialogue between client and therapist become fruitful. Working with the Dialogic Triad is not limited to the client. A therapist who has learned to pay attention to their client's "inner speech" will, in a successful case, also have an attentive ear for their own "inner speech". If it fits the given situation, they will also use the opportunity to let their own "inner speech" be heard and make it available to the client and themselves in the ongoing process. ("I'm just realizing that I'm feeling sad - but what about? - and that I would like to talk myself out of it straight away...) But even if this doesn't happen because there are good reasons not to bring it up, it remains important for the therapist to become aware of their "inner dialogs" again and again during the therapy sessions. 5.1. CONSEQUENCES FOR SUPERVISION