Abstract
Hedelund, U. & Jørgensen, E. F. (1992). Protecting the supervisee. Nordisk Psykologi, 44, 138–143.
The debate in this article is about the necessity of the supervisor's contribution to protect or guard the particularly less experienced supervisee in order to provide his/her professional and personal development with the optimum conditions. The necessary connection between supervisee must support supervisee's self-understanding during his/her therapeutic contact with the client.
Supervisor is not always attentive to the fact that he is contesting or exceeding the limits of supervisee's privacy. Most beginner supervisees regard supervision as a personal matter, and supervisor must be aware of protecting the privacy of the supervision room.