CPD Credits
1.25
Event Type
Live Online Event
Location
Zoom & Recording for 365 days
Time
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Standard
£25.00
Trainee/NHS
£18.75
Friday, December 1, 2023
December's Live Supervision at Lunchtime
With Jeremy Holmes
Supervision is an essential aspect of the therapeutic process, providing therapists with valuable guidance, development of clinical skills and a reflective space to think about the complexities of their work with an experienced colleague. Live supervision offers a unique opportunity for psychotherapists to go ‘behind the scenes’ and witness the many different styles and approaches to supervision, offering insight and opportunity to learn from each other.
Each guest supervisor will present on their distinct theoretical orientations and personal style. Supervisors will offer techniques, interventions and theoretical perspectives that they have developed through their own clinical practice, experience of being supervised and offering supervision. With extensive experience in the field speakers will bring together theory and lived experience ensuring that participants leave these sessions with new learnings, applications and adaptability to different and perhaps challenging case material.
In this session guest supervisor, Jeremy Holmes, will work live with a volunteer, preselected by our team, who will act as a supervisee. This supervisee will offer a composite case or a case where permission has been granted to share. The session will begin with a brief outline of the case which will then be followed by an unrehearsed live supervision. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion with supervisee and supervisor after the live supervision.
Beyond the theoretical paradigms, we hope to demonstrate the art of supervision itself – the delicate balance of support and challenge, the cultivation of self-awareness in the practitioner, and a safe and nurturing space for professional growth. These sessions will showcase how supervisors tailor their method to the unique needs and strengths of each therapist, honoring diversity and individuality in the process.
We look forward to welcoming you in, behind the scenes, for these fascinating and rewarding monthly live webinars.
Programme
13.00 GMT
Introductions and housekeeping
13.05 Jeremy Holmes
Exploring the spectrum of supervision from minute particulars to dreaming the patient
The interpersonal processes of supervision are perceived by Jeremy as occurring along a spectrum. One end of this spectrum involves focusing on the ‘minute particulars’, which encompass the intricate details of client-therapist interactions, as documented in process notes and re-enacted by the therapist during the supervision session. On the opposite extreme lies the concept of ‘dreaming the patient’, influenced by the works of Ogden and Bion, where both the therapist and fellow-supervisees feely associate their thoughts and emotions around the presented material. In both approaches, the relationship between the group and the therapist mirrors that of the client and therapist, offering valuable insights into the latter. The two poles can be encompassed within a framework of bottom up and top down, free energy minimisation, as expounded in Jeremy’s book, “The Brain has a Mind of its Own”, (Confer, 2020)
13.20 Jeremy Holmes and Supervisee
Live Supervision
In this session guest supervisor, Jeremy Holmes, will work live with a volunteer, preselected by our team, who will act as a supervisee. This supervisee will offer a composite case or a case where permission has been granted to share. The session will begin with a brief outline of the case which will then be followed by an unrehearsed live supervision. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion with supervisee and supervisor after the live supervision.
13.55 Questions from participants
14.15 End
Jeremy Holmes
Jeremy Holmes MD FRCPsych is Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter and was for 35 years medical psychotherapist and Consultant Psychiatrist at UCL and then in North Devon UK. He was Chair of the medical psychotherapy faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 1998-2002. Author of over 250 papers and book chapters, his books include The Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy (2008, co-eds Glen Gabbard & Judy Beck) John Bowlby and Attachment Theory (2014), Attachment in Therapeutic Practice (2017), and The Brain has a Mind of its Own (2020). He is recipient of the Bowlby-Ainsworth foundation award New York, and the Canadian Clinical Psychology Goethe Prize. Allotment gardening, Green politics and grand-parenting now parallel his lifelong fascination with psychoanalytic psychotherapy and attachment theory.
- Psychotherapists
- Couple and Family Psychotherapists
- Psychoanalysts
- Psychologists
- Clinical Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- GPs
- Counsellors
- Social workers
- Teachers/Educators
Enhance Supervisory Skills: Gain insights into the multifaceted role of supervision
Explore Diverse Supervision Approaches: Engage in live supervision to witness various supervision styles and techniques
Supervisor Pastoral Role: Develop a nuanced grasp of the supervisors role – balancing support and challenge, fostering self-awareness, and providing a safe space for growth
Investigate the spectrum of supervision: Ranging from intricate client-therapist interactions to immersive 'dreaming the patient'
Understand the interpersonal aspects of supervision: Mirroring client-therapist dynamics for deeper insights in the supervision process can highlight relational dynamics in the consulting room
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Trainee discount: To qualify for this offer you need to be taking a course which provides core practitioner training in counselling or psychotherapy that is at least 1 year full time or two years part time and recognised by the BACP or UKCP. TR Together reserve the right to ask to see evidence of training being undertaken.
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