integrative transpersonal Supervision

What happens when as therapists, we meet the limits of our knowledge and understanding? Do we retreat into the safety of what is known, or allow an exploration of what can potentially take us beyond those limits? How much of being a supervisor allows us to come into relationship with these places of limitation or do we fall back into familiar patterns of monitoring and controlling?

Clinical supervision from a transpersonal perspective attempts to open a door into the unknown, through the use of the imaginal, archetypal and analytical. Transpersonal here, points towards what is "beyond" the personal and the purely psychological; towards something greater than just our egos. In supervision, this becomes an emphasis on amongst other things an authentic contact between supervisor and supervisee, with a conscious use of the inter-connected space, shared by both.

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.