Supervision details
As a supervisor in training, I am working through the Cyclical Model of supervision, Carrol’s Integrative Model and the 7-Eyed Model of supervision, more about these will be described below. Additionally integrating elements of Carrol’s Integrative Model of Supervision.
My personal therapy practice is primarily working within a humanistic and phenomenological frame work, whilst integrating EMDR, Parts work, and elements of psychodynamic therapy and attachment theory. My primary interests as a practitioner are working with trauma, dissociation and personality disorders, although I do not agree with the labelling. This client group takes up around 75% of my client base with the other 25% being more generic and wider ranged.
My aim is to help you to reflect and formulate how you understand and work with your clients and to help you to explore your stronger points and places of growth as a practitioner. My goal is to provide a supportive environment for you to share your thoughts, fears, plans, mistakes successes and uncertainties without fear of judgement to help you grow as a practitioner. I also aim to help explore the relational world between you and your clients. I see supervision not as an authoritative or dictatory relationship, but a relationship in which your unique way of being with your clients is supported and enhanced through mutual exploration and reflection.
The cyclical model of supervision is a semi-structured approach, oscillating as necessary between the 5 stages outlined below:
Stage 1) contract: Establishing the contract, boundaries, expectations, accountability and qualities of the working relationship.
Stage 2) Focus: looking at which issue to focus on, and collaborating on the objectives, approaches used and what to prioritize.
Stage 3) Space: providing the space to safely explore collaboratively, whilst being supporting, appropriately challenging and affirming to you as therapist.
Stage 4) Bridge: helping you to create a bridge between supervision and clinical practice.
Stage 5) Review: looking at the process so far and suggesting feedback- both ways. Re-contracting where necessary. Looking at a bird’s-eye view of the process and evaluating it openly.
The 7-eyed model of supervision emphasis travelling between 7 different “eyes” or focuses:
1) The client focus: understanding the client in their context.
2) The Therapist focus: understanding the therapists development and emotional experiences.
3) The Relationship Focus: Exploring relational dynamics between you and your client.
4) The supervisor Focus: looking at my role as supervisor in helping you in your development and what I can do for you within supervision.
5) The supervision process: Looking at the dynamics of supervision processes and methods used.
6) The Context Focused: Reflecting on the wider context of supervision and your practice. Relevant agencies, work places or private practice etc.
7) The Wider System Focus: Reflecting on external or societal system affecting the supervisory process and practice. Societal issues, ethical frame works legal frameworks, trainings etc.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
