IJSP Number 6, 2024

35 The explanations on the concept of the Dialogic Triad [ 1 ] suggest that they can also play a fruitful role in the field of clinical supervision. Within the framework of a sustainable relationship between supervisor and supervisee, the discussion of the "inner dialogues" and the "inner dialogue partners" described above can be put to meaningful use in such a way that they serve both the process of supervision and the process of working with the client. The way in which dialogs are conducted is always embedded in the family, cultural and social environment. It therefore also influences our form of "inner dialog". Inner speech" supports processes of (self-)clarification and offers orientation in a wide variety of life situations and one's own position in them. In this way, it is also useful in supervision to pay attention to how someone speaks to themselves (friendly, assertive, strict, etc.). This can provide information about how someone deals with themselves (loving, self-accepting, rejecting, ...). Encouraging an objective and constructive dialog with oneself is worthwhile because it can go hand in hand with the development of a more realistic and at the same time more loving way of dealing with oneself. In successful cases, this leads to better self-acceptance and a more stable self-esteem, which in turn has a positive influence on one's own experience in contact with others and thus improves the quality of interpersonal relationships [ cf. 21 ] . As a supervisor, paying close attention to what is going on inside the supervisee and yourself, allowing inner conversations to be heard when it is beneficial to what is currently happening, can therefore also contribute to a more differentiated perception of the topic being dealt with in supervision. What's more, it not only encourages the supervisee to reflect on their own thoughts and actions but can also shed light on the experience of their clients. For example: If a psychotherapist has not developed an objective "inner critic", this can manifest itself in various forms during therapy: She may tend to openly or covertly devalue her client's behavior or views; she may, on the contrary, avoid making any critical comment to the client because she finds criticism generally inappropriate; she may constantly scrutinize the client's behaviors and statements to see if they involve criticism of her, the therapist, etc. What all these forms have in common is that the therapist is not in a position to exemplify and provide her client with an objective, critical attitude and instead exacerbates any problems the client may have in dealing with criticism objectively and constructively. 5.2. A TRIPLING OF THE TRIAD