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Supervision training in Wales, for counsellors and others
Supervision training March-November 2025
Who is this training for?
This training is for those who work in the helping professions who wish to work in a supervisory capacity. Counsellors, medical professionals, social workers and others.
What is the theoretical approach to this training?
The foundational ethical philosophy and psychology is one of encouragement, of social interest, respect, and understanding the dynamic between the client, supervisor and supervisee’s style of managing the challenges of life. Adler’s philosophy is holistic and focused on understanding the interactions of humans in relationships. We will explore how to create equal and respectful relationships, and how we develop those in order to create a congruent and safe way of working, with the client at the heart of it.
Some aspects of the course will involve working with specific Adlerian concepts, but the majority of the training will involve exploring counsellor/supervisor relationships, and dynamics that occur between people working in depth with each other.
What will the course cover?
We will look at (amongst other things):
- Processes in supervision including contracting.
- The client/counsellor/supervisor relationship, using various models including Hawkins and Shohet's 7-eyed model (Supervision in the helping professions (2020) Peter Hawkins and Aisling McMahon), which will be our core model. We will also explore other concepts of supervision including those of Proctor and Inskipp.
- The BACP and other ethical frameworks (Adler, NCPS).
- Fitness to practice.
- Using supervisory authority; power balances, issues of difference and equality.
- Organisation issues and how they impact on counsellors and supervisors.
- Supervision and the law.
- Group and peer supervision.
The skills we will develop:
- Peer supervision groups within the course, in triads (supervisee, supervisor, observer) These groups will be regular and will work together throughout the course.
- Skills practice such as Socratic questions, challenging, and encouraging.
- Working with trainees: formative and educative elements of supervision.
- Self-disclosure in supervision.
- Boundary issues.
- Inter and intra-personal dynamics.
- Empathy in supervision.
- Creativity in supervision including the use of metaphor.
Entry requirements
The course is open to experienced practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds such as counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, and supervisors already practising, as well as other helping professionals who wish to undertake supervisory work. It is not necessary to be actively supervising others in order to take this course. We require a minimum of 450 hours of counselling experience. For non-counsellors, we will discuss individual’s experience, in order to establish equivalence.
The course will comprise eight face-to-face weekends from 10am-4pm:
- 29th-30th March
- 26th-27th April
- 17th-18th May
- 21st-22nd June
- 26th-27th July
- 6th-7th September
- 4th-5th October
- 1st-2nd November
In addition to those, some practice of supervision outside course hours consisting of 30 hours which could be face-to-face or online, or a mixture of the two.
Venue: Treberfedd Farm, Lampeter, SA48 7NW, UK
Cost: A non-refundable deposit of £400 to secure your place on the course, and a remaining balance of £1597, which can be paid in full or you can contact us for payment options.



Elaine Parker MNCS (Accred) member of ASIIP Dip IIP; Cert Adlerian Family Counselling; Cert Supervision CST; Shining a Light Adlerian Couples Counselling Ann Watling Dip IIP (BACP accredited), Supervisor ( NCS accredited), Certificate in Couples Counselling