Focus on the Supervisee
supervision
supervisee


In this post, I want to talk about how a big part of your supervision time should focus on the supervisee.


As therapists, we tend to put our personal feelings, beliefs, thoughts, and other stuff, on the side during the therapy hour.

Our focus is on what the client brings to the session and how we can best help them through what they might be going through.

Being a therapist doesn’t mean we become superhuman or immune to hardship in our personal lives.

It also doesn’t mean that because of our extensive training and expertise, we can easily detach from client material – strong emotions, strong stories…

We need a space to go and process all these things that come up and stay with us for a while after the session is over.

I’m talking about picking up projective identifications, transference, counter transference, and just being human about how our clients’ life circumstances can and will affect us.

Having the focus be on the supervisee means we can check-in on how they’re feeling, whether they need time off or more self-care practices, a safe space to vent or work through tough times, and make sure that the supervisee and their clients are safe.

This is key – supervision isn’t just to meet a professional requirement – it is a space to keep everyone safe – the client, the supervisee, the profession, and even the supervisor – as the work is challenged in a non-judgemental but honest manner.


Follow this link for a video describing this process.

Focus on the Supervisee
supervision
supervisee


Focus on the Supervisee