IJSP Number 8, 2026

International Journal of Supervision in Psychotherapy, Number 8, 2026 Page | 116 of perception and the effectiveness of assistance. They also note that professional development involves a stage of training under the guidance of an experienced mentor who helps to improve working techniques. The specific nature of psychotherapy, which is associated with confidentiality, complicates the possibility of direct observation of the process of assistance, so supervision compensates for this limitation through professional case analysis. In addition, reflection on interactions with clients in the supervision process helps psychologists become aware of their own personal difficulties that may affect their work and encourages them to seek personal therapy as part of their professional development [5]. The European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP), based on the “Strasbourg Declaration on Psychotherapy,” represents and supports the highest professional standards for the free and independent practice of psychotherapy, adheres to strict standards of competence and professionalism, and defines supervision as a mandatory and essential component of a complete education in any psychotherapeutic discipline. The main functions of supervision include: professional oversight and control; a special method of reflection on psychotherapeutic practice in the educational process; working through aspirations, problems, and conflicts that arise in the context of professional activity and can significantly affect it; mastering psychotherapeutic techniques. Supervision aims to support the reflective processes of professionals in order to develop more effective strategies for solving work tasks that they must perform as part of their professional activities [9]. One of the areas of psychotherapy defined by the European Association for Psychotherapy is logotherapy. According to the association, logotherapy and existential analysis are two sides of the same coin in psychotherapy. Logotherapy and existential analysys helps to find possible personal meaning in a situation or condition, among other things. It is integrative because it is based on holistic reality and is relevant – psychotherapy focused on the individual. The search for meaning that logotherapy initiates is a search for the ultimate means of personal freedom to exist and live for a loved one and/or for a humane cause. This can be a very close and practical goal that can be achieved or lived for, but it can also be an existential and ethical source of strength that helps a person face fate, physical and mental illness, deprivation, loss, and ultimately death. Existential analysis is a two-way process of exploring the client's past and present actions, experiences, and attitudes toward the question of being or responsibility as a person, on the one hand, and the search for internal, unconsciously operating values related to dignity, on the other. The other side of existential analysis is a phenomenological scientific approach to issues related to the human condition, the so-called metaclinical problems. Logotherapy has developed into a powerful separate approach with its own specific terminology, analysis, diagnostics, range, interventions, and treatment. In Europe, the European Association of Psychotherapy in Vienna has confirmed the scientific and therapeutic validity of logotherapy and existential analysis [10]. In the context of our study, the experience of C. Nassif, S. Schulenberg, R. Hutzell, and J. Rogina, who reveal the essence of clinical supervision and logotherapy through the prism of the search for meaning in the supervisory process, seems valuable. The authors emphasize that logotherapy is a meaning-oriented approach that can enrich existing styles and models of supervision, especially given their tendency to downplay the importance of the supervisor-supervisee relationship and the internal experience of what happens during the supervisory process [12].