ABSTRACT
Learning to become a psychotherapist takes a long time (four to five years, not counting the preliminary or parallel personal psychotherapy work), but most of all, it is a never-ending process. All through their career, psychotherapists pursue their own training and nourish themselves from their own experience, but also from that of others, through permanent supervision, reading, attending colloquia, conferences, or workshops. The obligation to undergo permanent supervision all through one's career is a specific feature of the work of psychotherapists and reflects both the complexity of the human psyche and the professional conscience of this trade. Indeed, most other professions are quite content with a few peer meetings to discuss and ponder difficult cases, and then again this is only done in certain institutions: hospitals, facilities for maladjusted youngsters, etc. Professional supervision can, on the contrary, are enriched by the input of professionals practicing closely related methods.
