In this post, I want to talk about how supervision can be a safe space to challenge how you work. Trusting our supervisor can provide a safe space to challenge our practice. One of the purposes of supervision is to
Read moreHow to avoid breaking the bank this Christmas!
Hi, and welcome to this blog post, where I’ll be talking about Christmas and how to keep safe and within budget. I won’t be giving you number-crunching ideas, or maybe I will a bit – I do love an Excel
Read moreWork through tough times
In this post, I want to talk about how supervision can help us work through tough times. As therapists, we deal with very strong emotions when in session with our clients.It’s important we have a safe space to talk about
Read moreWhy do we need black friday?
Hi, and welcome to this blog post, where I want to explore the “madness” that is Black Friday, and give you some food for thought. I’ll leave you with some tips and take-home message at the end. (Other opinions also
Read moreDevelop Self-Awareness – What to expect from Supervision
In this post, I want to talk about how you can develop self-awareness in supervision. When I originally published this blog post, I was struggling with some health issues, which meant I had to delay the writing and publishing to
Read moreDo we get a cat or a dog? (On Compromise)
In this post i want to talk about how we can have actual, real compromise, where both partners get a bit of what they want – or all of what they both want – without either partner suffering or having to pass on what they really want?
Read moreTheoretical Grounding – What to Expect from Supervision
In this post, I want to talk about the importance of having a supervisor with a sound theoretical grounding. Supervisors should have a sound theoretical grounding when providing supervision services. What this means might vary from professional to professional, but
Read moreAcceptance
In today’s blog post, I want to talk about acceptance, and to do so, I am going to start with what I believe to be the basis of acceptance in any relationship: acceptance of ourselves. In another post, I mentioned
Read moreDeveloping an Autonomous Practice
In this post, I want to talk about developing an autonomous practice as therapists gain more experience, and how this evolves in the supervision setting. Do you remember – or are you there now – the first few client sessions,
Read moreWhose responsibility is it anyway?
In this post I’d like to talk about communication, and one of its most important pillars, in my opinion – taking responsibility. It might seem straight forward, but as the title implies, we are sometimes quick to blame someone else,
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