ABSTRACT
The process of hypothesizing can be seen as part of the process of being transparent about the ideas and cultural values that are guiding a practitioner so that they become more available for scrutiny and change. It is important that systemic supervision uses its theoretical frames to facilitate the development of "cultural competence". The complex demands on practice inherent in living in a multicultural society make the dimension of cultural aspects in supervision an extremely important and challenging one. In the domain of systemic psychotherapy, an acceptance of the need for supervision has long been in place, though it has and is being affected in different ways in different models of practice and in different disciplines. The processes of therapy and supervision in any model or form are influenced by many different beliefs and experiences, and these determine the practices and outcomes of both supervision and therapy.
