IJSP Number 6, 2024

41 roles and its boundaries, case conceptualization, emotional sensitivity, self- evaluation [4], values and attitudes, meanings, life backgrounds, cultures, society, ethical boundaries, etc. Ultimately, supervision is necessarily aimed at autonomy, critical self-reflection and "going beyond one's own limits" in the sense of learning processes. Supervision is focused on the work of the supervisee, it is a kind of practical learning, learning from concrete practical experience by allowing for shared reflectionbetween supervisee and supervisor. 2. PARALLELS BETWEEN SUPERVISORY AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC WORK There are some of the key aspects of supervisory work, which also reveal similarities between supervisory and psychotherapeutic work. I will start by explaining terms that can be found in the specialized literature on supervision and which, in my view, apply to both professions, such as empathy, empathic understanding, scenic understanding, biographical understanding, dialogical collaboration, relationship dynamics and implicit knowledge. These are, above all, similarities in terms of the skills and abilities that both supervisors and psychotherapists should develop. Subsequently, the main differences between these two professional groups are highlighted, which lie primarily in the goals of the respective professional fields. 2.1. THE ASPECT OF ATTITUDE "The most important thing is always the same: to preserve the human being with all his inner richness, to allow him to develop his energy for the good, fot the understanding for others and for humanity." 3 [5 p.141; transl. by UW] This quote initially underlines the parallels between the two professional groups. An appreciative and respectful attitude towards one's counterpart must be established in any case and will significantly influence both the therapeutic and the supervisory process. This means that essential characteristics that a psychotherapist should have, such as congruence, unconditional positive regard and empathy [6] alsoapply to a supervisor. 3 Original quote from Ryszard Kapucinsky: „Am wichtigsten ist immer dasselbe: den Menschen mit seinem ganzen inneren Reichtum zu bewahren, ihm zu gestatten, seine Energie für das Gute, das Verständnis für den anderen und die Menschlichkeit zu entwickeln.