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Enhancing competence in supervision: Power, Process and Emotion in Supervision (December) Monday, December 5, 2022
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Online Workshop: 2 half-days 5th & 6th December, 2022, 9.00am – 1.00pm presented by Fiona Howard


In this workshop, Fiona will build on previous approaches to supervision covered in the introductory training and begin to look further at models and concepts for understanding the ‘process' in clinical supervision. She will present Hawkins' and Shohet's process model of supervision which addresses the processes taking place between the participants in therapeutic and supervision dyad including the client, the practitioner (supervisee), the supervisor and the context of the work. This model assists the supervisor to understand the supervision process and subsequently decide how and where to focus the supervision discussion and address relational dynamics. Also named ‘the seven– eyed supervisor' model, it utilises the concepts of transference, countertransference and parallel process to aid understanding of the dynamics involved in supervision. 

During the workshop we will also explore the various aspects of emotion as they occur in supervision, particularly the personal reactions of supervisees to their clients and work contexts. Focus will be upon the supervisor's responsibilities regarding these issues, keeping in mind the power dynamics in the relationship and ethical considerations of maintaining appropriate boundaries.

The course will be conducted via zoom over two half-days. It will build on the skills learned in the introductory supervision training workshops.

Participants will be invited to share their own supervisory scenarios and participate in small group supervision practice. Attendance will be open to any interested health practitioner or related professional who has attended an introductory supervision workshop.



Fiona Howard 



Fiona Howard is a Clinical Psychologist who works privately, primarily offering supervision, training, and therapy, as well as workshop facilitation for Umbrella Wellbeing Ltd. Previously, she worked at the University of Auckland in the Doctoral Programme of Clinical Psychology. Her key areas of expertise and interest include professional supervision, adult mental health, addictions, positive psychology, self-care and wellbeing, resilience building and leadership for health professionals. She has provided supervision workshops to a variety of professionals in several organisations for over twenty years and taught on the post-graduate professional supervision programme at the University of Auckland. In addition, Fiona has presented at local and international conferences, written articles and chapters and conducted research in the field of supervision. Through her career Fiona has developed a strong interest in the wellbeing and resilience of health professionals and is a firm believer in the need for greater attention to the needs of practitioners by organisations and teams within which they work as well as by practitioners themselves. Fiona believes a central way to maintain wellbeing is through growth-fostering relationships such as supervision, where we can optimise our professional competence, work satisfaction and ongoing sustainability.


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