invitation to reflective space
Clinical Supervision
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"Good supervision, we believe, should allow for a two-way flow in which both supervisor and supervised are responsive to each other's input. Supervision therefore becomes a dynamic learning and developmental process in which both parties learn and grow together." Page and Wosket 1994, Supervising the Counsellor
Supervision based on the ‘Seven-eyed’ model, to support therapists, health professionals and trainees to work safely, ethically, and to their best potential.
Feelings, assumptions, needs and desires, conscious and unconscious - ours and our clients' - constantly flow around and through the work we do. Supervision allows a safe space to reflect on the dynamics that inform and shape the relationships the supervisee has with their patient or client; with the supervisor in the room; with the context - organisation, community, contract - in which they work. It is a process which helps us stay resilient and engaged with our work, where we can continue to learn and grow.
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Seven-eyed or double matrix supervision model
Mode 1 - Focusing on the client/patient and what and how they present.
Mode 2 - Exploring the strategies and interventions used by the supervisee
Mode 3 - Focus on the relationship between the client and the supervisee
Mode 4 - Focusing on the supervisee
Mode 5 - Focusing on the supervisory relationship
Mode 6 - The supervisor focusing n their own process
Mode 7 - Focusing on the wider contexts in which the work happens
Hawkins and Shohet, Supervision in the Helping Professions
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