THE PSYCHOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF SUPERVISION IN THE ACTIVITY OF A PSYCHOLOGIST

Popova Julia Ivanovna, Petkov Valery Anatolyevich, Demchenko Natalia Yurievna, Bulakh Ksenia Vladimirovna, Fomenko Elena Nikolaevna

The article discusses the content, stages and components of supervision, as well as the prerequisites for the formation of the ability to conduct it. It is concluded that the analysis of the situation about which supervision is carried out is a dynamic multi-level process in which complex cause-and-effect relationships between phenomena, levels and categories are highlighted, and which can be considered depending on the personal characteristics of the psychologist, the client, the client's request, the real nosology and methodology. The subject of analysis in supervision is the process of therapeutic interaction between a psychologist and a client, in which the supervisor evaluates the following components: the psychotherapist's ability to understand and manage the situation (personal phenomenology); the psychotherapist's ability to organize therapeutic contact (general professional skills); consulting skills, including the ability to conceptualize the client's situation. The resource capabilities of supervision consist in a qualitative meta-analysis of therapeutic relationships in order to identify key factors. The realization of the psychological potential of supervision, along with basic psychological education, provides for the presence of certain qualities that can be developed in various forms of postgraduate education.

Keywords:psychological potential, supervision, therapeutic contact, analysis of therapeutic contact, components of supervision, reflection, self-actualization, the subject of counseling