Philosophy of Supervision in Counselling
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PGCE In Integrative/Transpersonal Supervision: Philosophy Of Supervision
Following seven years of client work as a therapist, five spent working full-time within organisations, I have a felt sense that discovering and developing the clinical supervisor configuration within my self structure seems a natural evolutionary stage for me on my journey. A recent collision of personal catastrophe and great professional responsibility within a compromised system has brought me, not unsurprisingly to the transpersonal oasis which forms a weighty part of this course and a new dimension of possibilities for supervisory practice. And I believe I know now to be mindful of a containing frame or structure in which to offer supervision/therapy – Shohet and Hawkins seven eyed model is referenced throughout – for the sake and safety of all systems and individuals involved. While my model as a therapist to date has seen an intricate weaving together of existential/relational/person-centred strands into a humanistic tapestry that has oft been touched by spirit, I only now feel transpersonally limber enough to really let it in. I am no longer, as it were, so blind in my eighth eye. The main body of this work will seek to illustrate how I believe my model can be adapted coherently for the supervisor/supervisee relationship and sit comfortably within the many layers of the 8-eyed model for as Shohet and Hawkins warn ‘...the supervisor cannot afford to act as if the client-supervisee-supervisor threesome exists on an island without a context’ (Hawkins & Shohet, 2006 p.84)
In terms of the relational dynamic, it may come as little surprise that I see Roger’s core conditions as securing relational bedrock. Shame is a common manifestation for many supervisees and, transferential/counter-transferential potential aside, the successful and robust implementation of empathic, relational depth, unconditional positive regard (which need not negate the possibility of appraisal and tough...
Following seven years of client work as a therapist, five spent working full-time within organisations, I have a felt sense that discovering and developing the clinical supervisor configuration within my self structure seems a natural evolutionary stage for me on my journey. A recent collision of personal catastrophe and great professional responsibility within a compromised system has brought me, not unsurprisingly to the transpersonal oasis which forms a weighty part of this course and a new dimension of possibilities for supervisory practice. And I believe I know now to be mindful of a containing frame or structure in which to offer supervision/therapy – Shohet and Hawkins seven eyed model is referenced throughout – for the sake and safety of all systems and individuals involved. While my model as a therapist to date has seen an intricate weaving together of existential/relational/person-centred strands into a humanistic tapestry that has oft been touched by spirit, I only now feel transpersonally limber enough to really let it in. I am no longer, as it were, so blind in my eighth eye. The main body of this work will seek to illustrate how I believe my model can be adapted coherently for the supervisor/supervisee relationship and sit comfortably within the many layers of the 8-eyed model for as Shohet and Hawkins warn ‘...the supervisor cannot afford to act as if the client-supervisee-supervisor threesome exists on an island without a context’ (Hawkins & Shohet, 2006 p.84)
In terms of the relational dynamic, it may come as little surprise that I see Roger’s core conditions as securing relational bedrock. Shame is a common manifestation for many supervisees and, transferential/counter-transferential potential aside, the successful and robust implementation of empathic, relational depth, unconditional positive regard (which need not negate the possibility of appraisal and tough...