ABSTRACT
Supervision helps the therapist to come to terms with emotions and perceptions. The main issue is that supervision has to maintain this position of doing justice both to the theoretical and to the personal matters which are thrown up in the process of discussion. In humanistic supervision, all the emphasis is on the person who is in the room the therapist not from the point of view of therapising the therapist, but from the point of view of helping the therapist face problems arising out of actual practice. There are five main ways in which the supervisor can obtain knowledge of the therapist-client interactions. They are: direct observation through one-way mirrors; direct observation through joint interviews; mechanical recording devices, such as audiotapes or videotape; process notes taken during or after the session; written reports which are given to the supervisor.
