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Counselling Casework Supervision

Current Fees: Trainee Counsellors - £20 (1 hr)  Qualified Practitioners £30 (1 hr)  Group - £5 (2hrs)   

Casework supervision for counsellors in training and qualified practitioners in one-to-one and group settings is offered.  A blend of supervision models are used - appropriate to the supervisee's counselling approach and individual development needs:

• Systems - Page & Wosket, Carroll
  
• Process - Hawkins & Shohet
• Developmental - Stoltenberg & Delworth

Supervision in this context is defined as a formal process to ensure monitoring of ethical practice.  It provides support and on-going development for the therapist and the 'over-viewing' of the therapeutic work with the client to ensure that their best interests are being met.

Ethical practice is being clear and explicit about counselling and the counselling relationship, especially:

• the arrangement for contact, meetings, payment and endings 
• respecting the client's autonomy
• confidentiality
• acknowledging the roles of others in the client's world
• boundaries around - own competence, behaviour, emotional connection
• saying 'no' especially if uneasy or doubtful
• reviewing with the client and clarifying misunderstandings
• not getting into emotional or physical overload
• using supervision and consultation effectively
  

For further information about Counselling Supervision and the professional requirements of practitioners visit www.bacp.co.uk.