This one day course addresses three separate advanced supervision issues:
Conducting internet based supervision (inc. video based supervision, email and messaging)
Running Supervision Groups (as opposed to 1:1 supervision, inc. video based group supervision)
Supervising supervisors
Conducting internet based supervision (inc. video based supervision, email and messaging)
Internet developments in the supervision field were accelerated by the pandemic – as were so many other developments in our field. Whereas beforehand online supervision was both rare and preoccupied by GDPR, now a whole host of new issues have developed which require consideration.
These include:
How to supervise online those whose work with clients is itself video based
Setting and security issues for both supervisor and supervisee – especially related to WFH
New developments in the use of non-video based internet methods – for both supervision and work with clients
Changing professional body attitudes towards internet therapy AND internet supervision
The impact of internet communication on both the supervision relationship and the therapeutic relationship
Common pitfalls of internet therapy and supervision and how to avoid them
Running Supervision Groups
Supervision groups are one of the most commonly used supervision models, yet with the least written about them combined with the need for the most demanding skill set.
The course will examine a number of issues including:
How to run video based online supervision groups
How to avoid common mistakes
Advantages and limitations of group supervision
Peer group flat structures vs fixed supervisor facilitator vs rotating facilitator
The use of supervision group exercises
Group processes as they apply to supervision groups and how to manage them
Supervising Supervisors
If the literature on supervision is thin on the ground, there is an even greater lack of guidance or even recognition of the need for supervisors to receive supervision. Many supervisors in private practice either combine this need with their own practice supervision or ignore the issue altogether. In employed environments, there are many supervisors who may supervise supervisors but receive no guidance on what their role is or its aims. Professional bodies also frequently ignore the whole question. There are the beginnings however of new thinking on the supervision of supervisors including the development of competency criteria and assessment and the mapping of supervision models onto “the supervision of supervision”
This course will address the following and highlight new developments:
The argument for supervision of supervisors.
The formal relationship between a supervisor and their own supervisor
What should the aims of such supervision be?
Supervisor skillset – a new skillset or simply a new application?
Paul GranthamConsultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of SDS Seminars, a Senior Associate of The Royal Society of Medicine, Accredited CBT Therapist
Paul Grantham, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, a Senior Associate of The Royal Society of Medicine, Accredited CBT Therapist. He is the Founder and Director of SDS Ltd and one of the most popular and inspirational tutors in the field of psychological skills training.
"I really enjoy the training. I found it stimulating, thought provoking and have a lot of information to take into my supervisory practice. Many, thanks to Paul, yourself and the rest of the team."
