I thank Dr. Kumar for his response to my article on supervision and transmission of values. My commentary did not intend to convey the impression that supervision is always pleasant. Its purpose was to report that supervisors, after many years, recalled primarily the values that their more helpful supervisors had transmitted to them, and I attempted to suggest some values that I believe are fundamental to our field. Certainly, as Dr. Kumar indicates, there are other purposes of supervision, and the process is not immune to negative interactions, for example, as Dr. Kumar has experienced. He is indeed correct to remind us of the breadth and complexity of the supervisory process.