This workshop will run on: 14th January; 11th February; 11th March 2027; 15th April 2027 and 13th May 2027 from 08.00 – 10.00 (UK time zone). It will count as 10 hours toward your CPD.

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Becoming a supervisor (or enhancing your current knowledge and skills) is a continuous journey of professional and personal development, in a similar way to the journey we undertake as therapists. Supervision entails a combination of knowledge and skills we use in our therapeutic work with clients along with knowledge and skills of supporting other practitioners to develop, which includes exploring the current evidence base of clinical supervision, the ethical and organisational influences that shape the supervisory relationship, and the varied methods in which supervision is provided. Central to the supervision process is how to create a compassion relationship and learning culture. For this we utilise concepts from different models but with special focus from attachment theory such as secure base and haven. Indeed helping supervisors understand how they guide their supervisees to develop secure base and haven as part of the therapeutic process is central to our course.

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This series of workshops have been created to gradually build a framework of knowledge and skills, to support the continued development of supervisors – with a particular emphasis on how we can use the CFT model to inform how we supervise. The sessions have been purposely designed to provide short two hours sessions each month, exploring different themes, with the opportunity to reflect, plan and practice between sessions before coming back together the following month to share and build on progress, in a supportive, compassionate environment.

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Session 1

*The evidence base for clinical supervision

*Working on the why and how you want to (or need to) supervise

*Applying safety science to the role of supervisor

*Understanding how the learning environment impacts a number of psycho-physiological factors that impact learning

*Distinctions between safety and safeness and the dynamics of a secure base and safe haven

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Session 2

*Developing your supervisor identity around the themes of compassionate self identity

*Working with who you are and who your supervisees may be

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Session 3

*Ethical issues and contracting for supervision

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Session 4

*Exploring different modes of supervision (1 to 1 and group etc)

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Session 5

*Revisiting supervision and roles of supervision within a compassion informed model of mind and the creation of learning environments context

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