Counsellor CDP Podcast for Counsellors and Psychotherapists

Counsellor CDP Podcast for Counsellors and Psychotherapists


Counselling supervision training

October 11, 2015

Counselling supervision training
with Bob Cooke
A guide to training as a clinical supervisor
 

Counselling supervision training is for many counsellors and psychotherapists is the next steps on the career ladder,  finding the correct training can be both time consuming and sometimes confusing.

In this podcast, Bob Cooke of the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy,  a world renowned, practitioner, trainer and clinical supervisor explores what is involved in counsellor supervision training  and the theories that underpin it.

Regular supervision provides both practitioner accountability and support as well as providing reassurance to the public that counselling, like other healthcare professions is a correctly managed activity.

Supervision of counsellors and psychotherapists is a requirement under ethical bodies such as the BACP and UKCP. Members of these professional bodies are encouraged to register themselves with  Professional Standards Authority for Health & Social Care, which is an independent body accountable to Parliament.

In this episode you will learn about 

Managing the boundaries between therapy and supervisor from a supervisee’s point of view.
What models of supervision are available and how they are applied
What the tasks of supervision cover
The difference between supervision and coaching
How working as supervisor differs from being a therapist
The importance ‘attunement’ in the supervisory relationship
Knowing the right time to take the next step and train as a supervisor.

Bob Cooke is a prolific writer on the subject of counselling supervision training and has his own website psychotherapysupervision.net, a must visit resource for anyone considering counsellor supervision training or for those who already practice as a clinical supervisors in the world of counselling and psychotherapy
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Shoet & Hawkins Model of supervision

https://plus.google.com/104265675262514982263/posts/75MB9Gt6tYY

Petruska Clarkson's  Model of supervision

https://ccbt.solutions/articles/intervention-priority-sequencing.pdf