integrative transpersonal Supervision

As therapists, when we meet the limits of our knowledge and understanding. It can be tempting to retreat into the familiarity of what is known and potentially limit our ability to stay with a place of not knowing. A place beyond the need to monitor or control. It is in these places of not knowing, that we can be surprised by what can potentially emerge.

Clinical supervision from a transpersonal perspective attempts to open this door into the unknown, through the use of the imaginal, archetypal and analytical. It becomes a means of pointing towards that which includes the personal history and psychology of the client, though at the same time, not being exclusively defined by it. In this sense, it also holds a space for the collective and the universality of what it means to be human.

In this sense, it becomes an emphasis on amongst other things an authentic contact between supervisor and supervisee, with a conscious use of the relational space, shared by both. This in turn, can be an important parallel process for understanding the client/therapist process.

As well as working from a transpersonal perspective, I draw upon a number of therapeutic approaches in understanding the client. This includes Gestalt, Psychodynamic and Jungian. In practice this means that alongside talking together, I may suggest the use of awareness of the body, creative visualisation techniques, drawing, dream work and role play. I am also interested in the quality of the relationship that exists between supervisor and supervisee and the possibility of a parallel process informing aspects of the nature of the therapist/client relationship.

I currently offer individual supervision within my private practice. I use an integrative approach, whilst holding an holistic focus, which works with the practitioners mind, body, emotions and intuition.