| Online
supervisor About
me
 I
have been a supervisor of counsellors since 1996 supervising both individuals
and groups in agency, training institution and private settings. I began my online
supervision practice in 2002.
For
my MA dissertation, I chose to research potentially destructive experiences in
group supervision. I have added my dissertation to the website for anyone who
would like to read it. It is contained in a winzip file. Download my dissertation
here. Dissertation
"The Impact of Potentially Destructive Experiences in Group Supervision" ISMHO
Clinical Case Study Group
From 2001-2007 I was a member of an online Clinical Case Study Group whose members are all part of the International Society for Mental Health Online ( ISMHO ). I have contributed to two papers written jointly by members of this ISMHO Group entitled Myths and Realities of Clinical Online Work and Half a Decade of Online Case Study. If you would like to read a copy of these papers, please click the links to download them. They are pdf files and you may need to download Adobe Acrobat to read them .
| Myths
and Realities of Online Clinical Work |  |
| Half
a Decade of Online Case Study | |
How
do you work online as a supervisor?
I believe that my task as a supervisor is to offer you a suitable space to explore the issues from your work with clients that concern you. Whether you are working with online clients or you are seeing clients face to face, I help you to explore ways you can work with your clients which are consistent with your way of working. I see my task as supervisor is offer you a space to look at your work objectively and in a supportive atmosphere. Ultimately this space is to help you optimize the work you are doing with your clients. That may mean normalising your experience of the client by looking at the work through the wider perspectives of distance and time or discussing possible interventions based on my knowledge of how you work and the client being presented. The most important part of the supervisory task as I see it, is to help you to continue your work with clients in an ethically and professionally. How
do you conduct supervision online?
My online supervision practice
is conducted either by email or live in a private webconference room where we
can use text, whiteboard, audio and webcam (if we both have the necessary equipment
and broadband connection). I am happy to work on either a regular or consultative/occasional
basis and have supervised both online counsellors and face to face counsellors
using the online environment. I believe it is important to have online supervision
for online counselling and to receive it from a supervisor who is familiar with
the online environment. As
the amount of information shared when using text is usually less than when using
audio or video conferencing, online supervision using text is useful for doing
a piece of focused work on a specific issue. It is helpful if online supervisees
who are booking a live text session send me a pre-session email giving me background
information and some preliminary details about the issue(s) they plan to bring
to the session. Do
you supervise counsellors who are working face to face in your online practice?
Yes I do. Online supervision of face to face counselling work is suitable for
experienced counsellors who find it difficult to receive their supervision locally.
BACP recommend video conferencing for online supervision if it is to be an ongoing
arrangement and technology is now making this a relatively simple choice. On
an occasional or consultative basis, online supervision may also be useful to
counsellors who want written notes or a recording of their supervision session. What
does it cost?
£45 per session which can be made up of one
main email each way (an email exchange) plus a supplementary follow-up exchange
if necessary; or a one-hour live session using a private webconference chatroom
where we can use text or audio- or audio/visual-conferencing or a shared whiteboard
for brainstorming ideas in any combination to suit.
If
you are interested in exploring online supervision with me, my basis for an agreement
for online supervision can be downloaded here. Please email me:  .
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