Ernesto Spinelli
Professor Ernesto Spinelli
on
Supervision: An Existential Approach
offered online nationally and internationally across 3 evenings direct from the UK
Thur 3, 10 & 17 JULY 2025
Introduction
This July marks a welcome return to Australia (virtually) by Ernesto Spinelli. His last workshop for CEP was in 2023 and it was very clear then that there is an ongoing appetite to hear more from this global existential luminary. This time, he turns his attention to supervision, with a practice-focused workshop delivered over 3 evenings. We suggest that you register early!
Overview
Existential supervision provides the opportunity for supervisees to explore and give critical consideration to their chosen approach and ‘style’ of practice so as to expose any underlying assumptions and biases that may impinge on the therapeutic process. by doing this, existential supervision seeks to promote an excellence in practice through specific focus on:
- maintenance of a respectful yet challenging therapeutic alliance with clients
- the ability to work from an inter-relational perspective, utilising the immediacy of the therapist-client relationship
- the capacity to recognise personal and inter-personal issues that may be evoked by what a client presents and a willingness to to explore this in supervision
- consideration of both the supervisor’s and supervisee’s way of relating within the supervisory encounter as a potential indicator of the presenting concerns and issues
The workshop will:
- introduce the characteristics and major themes of an existential perspective on supervision
- facilitate you to explore these characteristics and themes in relation to your own experiences of supervision
- facilitate you to present material on your work with clients for existentially-focused discussions
You are invited to bring examples of your own therapeutic work (with clients and/or supervisees) so that you can engage in reflective and critical discussion of your own practice.
What you can expect to walk away with:
A fuller understanding of the inter-relational realms that present between the supervisor, supervisee and the client
Who should attend:
This workshop will be of interest to practitioners and supervisors alike, across modalities
The Details
Date: Thursday 3, 10 & 17 JULY 2025
Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm AEST each session
Location: online via zoom (registrants will receive an invitation to participate and all the details they require in advance of the date)
Cost: $350 (flat rate)
CPD Hours: 6
Professor Ernesto Spinelli was Chair of the Society for Existential Analysis between 1993 and 1999 and is a Life Member of the Society. His writings, lectures and seminars focus on the application of existential phenomenology to the arenas of therapy, psychology, and executive coaching. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) as well as an APECS accredited executive coach and coaching supervisor. In 1999, Ernesto was awarded a Personal Chair as Professor of psychotherapy, counselling and counselling psychology. In 2000, he was the Recipient of BPS Division of Counselling Psychology Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession. And in 2019, Ernesto received the BPS Award for Distinguished Contribution to Practice. His most recent book, Practising Existential Therapy: The Relational World 2nd edition (Sage, 2015) has been widely praised as a major contribution to the advancement of existential theory and practice. His previous books include: The Interpreted World: an introduction to phenomenological psychology, 2nd ed (Sage, 2005); Demystifying Therapy (PCCS, 2006); Tales of Un-knowing (PCCS, 2006); and The Mirror and The Hammer: challenging therapeutic orthodoxies (Sage, 2001). Living up to the existential dictum that life is absurd, Ernesto is also the author of an ongoing series of Private Eye novels. His most recent stand-alone novel, The Geometrics of Innocence, a tale set in the 1960’s, was published in May 2024.