IJSP Number 8, 2026

International Journal of Supervision in Psychotherapy, Number 8, 2026 Page | 105 GROUP COLLABORATION Bringing in the other members of the supervision group opened up the collective collaboration. These important voices are invited, not only to offer support and reflection to Maryna but as a reminder for the group about their own processes and reflections about what it means to work in support of the war in Ukraine. While acknowledging that ownership of supervision material remains with the supervisees, this collaboration enabled everyone in the supervision group to view the many edges, angles, and aspects of the process that may also touch upon their own experiences. They could, thus, carry this knowledge forward into their own work. 3.2. CASE TWO: THE 12-YEAR-OLD BOY AND THE SIX-SHAPE STRUCTURE “The images that emerge when we spontaneously draw are the language of the unconscious, offering insights into our emotional states. These drawings are capable of ‘speaking’ when our voice cannot, Jung found, and when it comes to anxiety and stress, working with imagery stored in our brain and connected to our somatic experience has profound results.” [21, p.43] A UK-based Ukrainian psychologist Olha, working with a 12-year-old Ukrainian boy, expresses the difficulties she is faced with during therapy sessions. These take place at school with the boy who is feeling displaced, while living in the home of an English family. The boy is bright; he seems depressed and is struggling to integrate into his life at school. We talk about her feelings of not knowing how best to proceed in therapy. In developing trust in the supervisee and supervisor relationship, we have to be curious about what is going on and tolerate the not-knowing [17]. I offer 6S as a method to explore her feelings and self-doubts. Figure 2. Olha’s 6S. The inner world of the supervisee is externalised with images; each shape enables her to focus on one aspect of the supervisory question. The question she brings to supervision is “How can I help my client when I feel so helpless?” – a parallel process that