Group Supervision: critical relational aspects

 

Group Supervision: critical relational aspects

ONLINE: Thur 16 & Fri 17 and Thur 23 & Fri 24 MAY 2024

 

 

In group supervision, members of the group receive a variety of ideas, multiple viewpoints and an opportunity to find different ways of understanding and responding to each presenting issue. At the same time, this breadth and depth of perspective can lead to difficulties and challenges, such as personality differences, theoretical misunderstandings, personal criticisms and/or judgments. The group supervisor needs to be able to hold all this and respond in ways that enhance the supervision process.

The main focus of this second workshop is on the person of the supervisor who is transitioning from supervising one-on-one to supervising a group.

We will explore:

• Self-reflection:
  • as a way to better understand your worldview, assumptions, beliefs and theories about life and yourself and how this may impact the individuals in the group and their responses
  • as an integral component of supervision and how to work with this in the group setting
• Maximising group learning and engagement by:
  • facilitating collaboration
  • creating a safe space for all
  • encouraging creativity and a willingness to experiment with new ways of doing things
  • Integrating relational dynamics and using parallel process to enhance understanding
• Managing the environment by:
  • working with personal biases, assumptions, values and beliefs
  • unpicking and working through ethical issues with the group

What you’ll walk away with:

• A deepened appreciation of the differences and specific qualities required for supervising in a group format
• Ability to identify and work with the multiple relationships that are encompassed in the group supervision format
• Increased capacity to work with diversity and challenging situations
• Greater confidence in the integration of your personal supervisory style to the group context

Who should attend:

 

Facilitators: Dr Alison Strasser & Dr Adam McLean

Alison Strasser DProf (Psychotherapy & Counselling), MA, BA Hons
Alison is a practising psychotherapist, coach and supervisor. She is also an educator with a passion for imparting how existential themes can be integrated into every therapeutic approach. She was instrumental in creating the existential curriculum for many counselling and psychotherapy trainings in Australia and her doctorate focused on the process of supervision, work that led to a framework for supervisor training, now a major component of CEP’s annual program.

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Adam McLean DProf (Psychotherapy & Counselling), M Counselling, Grad Dip Psych/Couns, BCHC, BN
Adam is a clinical psychotherapist, supervisor, educator and trainer with over 30 years experience and a continuing interest in the human capacity for opening up to the possibilities in life. He is recognised as a leading group therapist and supervisor and provides training in both areas. Adam’s doctorate focused on what it takes to elevate group leader technique to the art of group leader presence, work that now informs  CEP’s group leadership course as part of their suite of specialist offerings. 

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NATIONAL ONLINE

2-day workshop over 4 half-days
Date: Thurs 16 & Fri 17 and Thur 23 & Fri 24  MAY 2024
Cost: $480 (flat rate)
CPD Hours: 12
Time: 9.00am to 12.30 pm AEST each day
Location: online via zoom (registrants will receive an invitation to participate and all the details they require in advance of the date)

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note to registrants: 
if you have registered for other CEP online workshops, the registration form will show checked boxes for those. That is your personal record, so please just check the box for this registration – you do not need to uncheck the others.