From May 1 to May 6, Stephen Gilligan’s training on creative success took place in St. Petersburg, and on May 7-8, S. Gilligan’s first supervision group in Russia took place. I spoke briefly about the creative success training Here. Now I would like to share my thoughts on the results of the supervision. This is probably one of the most professionally and personally rewarding events I’ve attended. It went like this: all participants were divided into groups of 4 people, one of them was a client, the rest were coaches. Also in each session, the leader of the group, Dr. S. Gilligan, took part as a coach. Each session began with the coaches conducting a trance for the entire group in order to get ready for work. Then each member of the foursome and the leader talked about what they wanted from each other, from themselves and from the group as a whole. As you understand, the process of self-knowledge began already at this stage. Presenter S. Gilligan, with the precision of a knife throwing master, determined what abilities each coach would need to work with a given client. For many, the qualities he spoke about at the beginning of the session became the goal of further reflection and work on themselves. Then the coaches clarified the client’s request and began working with the request. The facilitator was actively involved throughout all sessions, largely leading the process on the first day. Some of us, including your humble servant, began working side by side with such a master too timidly and gave up the initiative. By the evening of the first day, this desire to maintain it so that the facilitator would turn on only when absolutely necessary had increased so much that on the morning of the second day, the coaches asked the facilitator to leave them more room for trial and error. And to the credit of S. Gilligan, it must be said that he honestly fulfilled the request, intervening in exceptional cases and more often not directly, but inviting coaches to ask a certain question to the client, pay attention to his condition or adjust the direction of work. As a participant, I constantly felt the support of the master and careful and conscious presence of each member of the supervision team. An amazing generative field was created, promoting the openness of “clients” in their work, the development of “coaches” and the involvement of everyone present in the work. In addition, it was extremely interesting to watch Gilligan work up close, and not from the 5th or 8th row of a large hall, as is the case at his trainings. See what a huge role observation plays in his work, the ability to notice the smallest changes in the client’s non-verbal behavior, feel what is happening in the client at this moment, what pain lies behind it and how it can be transformed so that the client benefits from it, learns to accept it and to provide patronage, rather than confront her. It was equally important to see how clearly he, listening to the client, determines his resources, focusing on how the client “lights up” when he talks about something or someone important to him , and how much it affects the coach. This is perhaps one of the main skills that can be learned from Gilligan - to isolate from everything that the client says what is truly meaningful to him, both in a positive and negative sense, and persistently, gently and playfully bring the client back to the most “burning” one, leading away from empty reasoning and talk about nothing. It is interesting that Stephen did not give the coaches feedback immediately after work and did not give it at all without a request. After the session ended, he asked the group to comment on the session. The coach could receive feedback from the presenter personally by asking a question during the break. Despite the brevity and time pressure, Gilligan managed to analyze what happened during the session and give a clear recommendation on how to further develop his skills as a coach and psychotherapist. A brief summary of useful conclusions: The sensitivity and observation of a coach/psychologist is the main working tool. The more I am affected by what the client is talking about, the more interesting it is for me to listen to him, the more important it is for the client..