IJSP Number 8, 2026

International Journal of Supervision in Psychotherapy, Number 8, 2026 Page | 10 2.4 ANCHOR IV: MAY I FOREVER HONOR THE SUPERVISION RELATIONSHIP AS A SACRED TRUST I hope to always hold the supervision relationship on high, as a sacred trust [15]. Where regarded as sacred trust, a safe and hallowed bond that binds, supervision learning is increasingly apt to be richly advantaged and best positioned to transpire. May I accordingly forever remember that it is all about the ‘we’, not the ‘me’; that very remembrance matters, too, ever so vital to supervision’s solidarity. The supervision relationship, as preeminent possibilizer, master mediator, and collaboration cultivator, opens wide the developmental avenues of change and growth for our supervisees; it is the relational repository of all that ‘can be’ in supervision. May I remain most acutely mindful of: where a favorably perceived supervisor-supervisee relationship is established, nurtured, and protected, there, too, goes the increased probability of co-creating an enduring constructive, productive, growth-inducing supervisory learning situation. Let me willfully work to develop, nurture, preserve, and protect all that supervision relationally ‘can be’. 2.5 ANCHOR V: MAY I BE FOREVER FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT --- OF HOPE, HUMANITY, AND HUMILITY IN DOING SUPERVISION I hope to always hold the oh so ‘humanness and humanity’ of supervision on high, enacting the Platinum Rule in all that I do: Do unto others as you would have others do unto others [18]. My supervisee and I are forever fallible; we can commit errors, make mistakes, become defensive, be unreasonable, have a bad day. May I always remain acutely mindful of and be humbled by that reality [19, 20]. May I grant grace place in supervision. May compassion and self-compassion rain down upon us. I hope to fulfill this very spirit, so beautifully captured in the words of Lewis [21], in all that I do: “The successful supervisor will be able to allay the anxiety of the supervisee….Here you are not anonymous or abstinent. Here you are a real person. Here you show your warmth and openness and acceptance. Here you praise, support, encourage, and advise. Here you show your empathy to the vulnerability of a learner . Here you share your own experiences, your own mistakes. Here you share your own doubts and anxieties as a learner” (pp. 76-77; italics added). May that spirit reign supreme and indwell within me, abiding and guiding, animating and enlivening all of my supervisory work. 2.6 ANCHOR VI: MAY I FOREVER HONOR DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY IN SUPERVISION, GRANTING IT SUPREME, SACRED VALUE As Brown [22] has stated, “In clinical supervision, difference matters….difference is an important and salient organizer of experience” (p. 276-277;cf. [23]). May my supervision practice be forever guided by cultural humility [24, 25]. Culture is purposely defined broadly and inclusively in the cultural humility framework, incorporating such intersecting identities and positionalities as gender, race-ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability status, religion-spirituality, socioeconomic status, body size, and citizenship [26].