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Supervision
online
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
Since 2001 I have been 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
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| Half
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How
do you work online as a supervisor?
I
believe that my task as a supervisor is to offer you a space to
explore the issues from your work with clients that concern you.
If you are working as an online counsellor I invite you to send
me anonymised extracts from your work by email to demonstrate to
me those areas which you are concerned about. If we are holding
a live session, I ask you to send me this background information
before the session starts. Whether you are working with online clients
or you are seeing clients face to face, we discuss your concerns
and I help you to find ways to move the client work forward which
are congruent with your way of working. I see my task as the supervisor
is to help you to optimize the work you are doing with your clients.
That may mean normalising your experience of the client with the
wider perspective of distance and time or suggesting possible interventions
based on my knowledge of how you work and the client being presented.
My ultimate task is to help you continue to work ethically and professionally
with the client.
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?
£40 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 using the link below if you would like to discuss
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