From the author: A note for novice psychologists. Hello, dear colleague. I would like to share the experience that I gained in the intervisor group. I hope that it will help you look a little into your professional future, decide on the steps that need to be taken in order to be internally prepared to meet the “pitfalls” encountered on the path to professional development. Earlier in the summary, I mentioned the creation and participation in intervisor groups in the Gestalt program and in the psychodynamic approach program. I still remember them with gratitude to myself and to all the group members. Gratitude for the following: firstly, the very idea of ​​​​creating such groups arose with these participants, and secondly, my colleagues supported this idea by regularly participating in them ( the groups worked for three years), thirdly, the contribution of each participant is invaluable with their growing professional experience and knowledge, experience of their own experiences, reactions, feelings in the atmosphere of trust and acceptance that arose during the weekly meetings, fourthly, this is the experience of personal development , the experience of professional development and the formation of professional identity, fifthly, these meetings, seemingly with an emphasis on professional communication, grew into strong friendships and warm relationships, which I value and carefully keep in my soul to this day. After all, during this time we became a part of each other’s personal stories. And, precisely, this brings a reverent character into the relationship that is still ongoing and is an important point and a valuable result of long-term work in intervisor groups. Which, however, is what I wish for all of you. The relevance of the topic raised, of course, is also connected with my experiences that then confronted me and my classmates. What should I do? Where to go to work? How to start? Scary... How to “not do good” to a client? How can you avoid picking up problems from a client yourself? And many other questions worried not only me, but my colleagues. This is where my desire to help aspiring psychologists arose. After all, many of you think that the theoretical knowledge acquired at a university will be enough to successfully practice. In my opinion, this is a misconception that can later lead you to disappointment in your profession, loss of motivation, and professional “burnout.” What causes this? First of all, because theoretical knowledge is fundamentally different from one’s own experience. How can you advise a client without such experience? After all, during a consultation we not only provide some knowledge and useful information, but we also simply need to understand at the level of feeling what the client may be experiencing at the moment. Those. Another important tool for constructive interaction is the elaboration of the sensory-emotional sphere of the psychologist himself. It is also an important criterion for professional success and protection against emotional burnout. Of course, we ourselves need to undergo individual psychotherapy so that “our cockroaches” do not merge with the client’s “cockroaches”. And it is advisable to start this in the first years of higher education. How to acquire practical skills, “where and how to catch the first clients” in order to improve your professional skills? For this purpose, there are additional educational programs for advanced training, with a narrow thematic focus in approaches, for example: in Gestalt, psychodynamics, art therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, etc. By participating in such programs, and these are long-term programs, you receive a “toolkit”, but there is one “BUT” hidden here. If you do not consolidate your skills on a weekly basis, and do not work on them in a circle with each other, then you will not get the desired effect.