Supervision

I have for a number of years provided clinical supervision and consultation to other counsellors and therapists.

My approach is to help the supervisee look at where they are ‘stuck’ or troubled in their relationship with a client and how that often intersects with the therapist’s own issues.

Sometimes supervision can take the form of practical suggestions that the therapist can experiment with to ease a stuck interaction, sometimes it requires examining where the therapist her or himself is ‘stuck’. My general direction is to aid the therapist in helping the client to confront him or herself, to be sensitive to the tone of the interaction since that probably reflects something of the client’s inner experience, to help the therapist stand as much as possible in their own ‘observing ego’ or ‘witness’ so as to best stay out of the road of the client’s process.

Issues frequently addressed –

•	Balance safety with the need to grow.
•	Help therapist identify own issues that are impeding the process [expand on this]
•	Nnoticing the therapist’s own feelings and energy state in interaction with client
•	Make practical suggestions to help ease road blocks
•	Encourage the therapist toward helping the client confront own issues rather than the therapist confronting them
•	Help therapist see the client as broadly and compassionately as possible
•	Help therapist set appropriate boundaries with client