ABSTRACT
The chapter focuses on my experiences in my supervision group at Nafsiyat throughout my work with my client Omar, a Kurdish man whose therapy with me coincided with Turkish military intervention in a Kurdish region. The chapter discusses the conflict in the therapy room I experienced as a Turkish therapist alongside my work in a multi-ethnic supervision group. The identities of the members of the supervision group, my cultural and political orientation and the ongoing political situation at the time greatly influenced my work with Omar and my experience in supervision. My experiences, as I set them out in the chapter, helped me develop as a therapist and understand the importance of having an intercultural stance in supervision as well as in therapy. I have shared my recommendations on how intercultural principles in supervision can support the work in the therapy room.
