ABSTRACT
Psychotherapy students engage in clinical supervision from the beginning of their practice and continue to use it, in different formats, throughout their working lives. Separation between the supervision material and personal psychotherapy in this is not always clear. At any time, personal and professional contents intersect and overlap during supervision making the boundary between the two permeable. Relational therapeutic practice requires high levels of reflection and the use of self, in order to work with the intersubjective process, and this is mirrored in the supervision. Supervision can take place in the private, consultative setting. The supervisor might have a role in the assessment of training and practice teaching (training supervision) or have a role within the psychotherapy service in ensuring ethical practice for clients within a service. Intersubjectivity in relational supervision requires the supervisor to be willing to reflect on their own experiences and raise the subject of the erotic.
