This supervisory training program will enable you to (as a minimum):

• Describe the theory and best practice of professional supervision
• Define the role of a clinical supervisor
• Identify the goals of supervision – individual and group
• Describe the supervisory relationship and the supervisory session
• Demonstrate the skills required for conducting diverse supervision interventions, including one-to-one and group settings
• Have knowledge of the different models of supervision
• Present effective feedback to supervisees
• Be clear on the supervisor’s and the supervisee’s responsibilities
• Successfully undertake a variety of supervisor administration tasks, including note-taking and record keeping
• Address the ethical, legal and risk management considerations of supervision in the Allied Health Industry
• Recognise issues that may impact the supervisory relationship and/or the supervisee, including burnout, transference potential, mental health considerations, stress and anxiety
• Practice sessions based on real issues – please be prepared to bring relevant issues with you to work on during the workshop. These need to be issues that you would discuss with a supervisor (ie not personal counselling issues or role plays).

The training program includes these components:

• Mandatory pre-work:
  • 88 hours of pre-workshop study including reading the textbook “The Practice of Clinical and Counselling Supervision”
  • Completion of a questionnaire based on the above textbook
  • Completion of a 500-word reflective piece based on your reading and understanding of the above text
• 3 days of face-to-face training, including a 60-minute real-time non-role play formal assessment.

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Course participants will need to purchase and read “The Practice of Clinical and Counselling Supervision” 2017, Australian Academic Press to meet pre-course reading and questionnaire criteria.

The book can be purchased directly from the publisher by emailing:

stephen@australianacademicpress

• No refunds will be issued once registration is completed.
• Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes will consider issuing a voucher to attend a future course for cancellations that are due to hardship, medical emergencies, family emergencies or similar events on the production of documentary evidence.

​Please email cindy@changesforlife.com.au if you wish to be placed on the waiting list for future courses in Perth. Courses can be organised for regional areas in WA for groups of 6 participants or more.