IJSP Number 6, 2024

36 This might at least hint at the fact that there is a special feature of the Dialogic Triad for supervision. The relationship triangle of supervisor - supervisee - client leads to a threefold triad: 1. Firstly, it is of clear interest for the supervisor to listen to his or her "inner conversations" and to use their content (or excerpts thereof) where appropriate if they are useful to the supervisory process in a particular situation or on a particular issue. For example, they could listen to their inner critic, who is careful not to overlook anything. "I wonder whether I have understood you correctly", "I am not sure whether you really feel understood by me", can be sentences that are introduced and thus address the relationship between supervisor and supervisee. The supervisor's inner conversations can also focus on the client and thus encourage the supervisee to approach their case from a different perspective. 2. However, the supervisor will also draw attention to whether and in what form "inner conversations" are perceptible in the supervisee and, in one case or another, if this could be helpful for the current discussion, will also address this. In this way, the supervisee is repeatedly encouraged to listen to their "inner conversations", to identify the respective counterparts of these conversations and to reflect on how they deal with themselves and others. The aim here is also to achieve a more differentiated perception of one's own experiences, thoughts, and actions. On the one hand, reference can be made to the "inner conversations" in the here and now of the supervisory situation; on the other hand, the focus can be on which "inner conversations" arise for the supervisee in the context of their work or with their clients. Relating structure and dynamics in dealing with oneself as a supervisee, as well as in dealing with oneself in the role of a psychotherapist or employee in a professional context, can be a good starting point for taking a closer look at one's own behavior. By the supervisor setting an example of listening to their own "inner conversations" and guiding the supervisees to take their own "inner conversation partners" seriously, the supervisees are given the opportunity to experience first- hand how fruitful it can be to engage with their own "inner conversations". This encourages them to share this experience with their clients and to pay attention to how they deal with themselves "internally" in their work. The supervisee will then also invite the clients to pay attention to their "inner conversations" and be able to use them for the development process. The supervisor serves as a model in the sense of living and experiencing. The aim is not merely to imitate the supervisor, but to demonstrate and enable an "exploratory dialog" [ 22, p. 10 ] with themselves and their clients. 3. It is clear from this that in supervision we are dealing with the special feature that a third field is added in which the triad is effective and must be considered. The "inner conversations" of the client of a discussed case can also be the subject of supervision. This may be because the supervisee is encouraged to pay attention to the interactions between "inner" and "outer" dialogues in their