Family Therapy and Systemic Supervision (ref. M21)
This course is designed for qualified systemic family psychotherapists to train as systemic supervisors. All course participants need to be able to supervise an individual in their agency for a minimum of 10 sessions, and supervise a group in their agency throughout the entire year.
Who is this course for?
Qualified family systemic therapists who want to train and qualify as supervisors. On the course, they receive supervision of their supervision in their agencies, thus providing CPD for other professionals as well as focusing on clients and users' needs.
Course Tutors Biographies
Charlotte Burck
Gwyn Daniel
Sara Barratt
Karen Partridge
Laura Glendinning
Content/Teaching components
Key elements
Supervision of agency supervision
Each course participant is required to negotiate a contract to provide live supervision to an individual for a minimum of 10 sessions, and a group throughout the year, in their work place, or another setting.
This requires the backing of their agency and line manager.
These will usually be professionals who have taken an introductory or intermediate systems/family therapy course and are in the advanced part of their systemic/family therapy training.
This supervision is supervised through videotape review in a small group.
Course participants will be paired to give feedback and observe each other's supervision groups.
Supervision of peer supervision
Course participants will supervise each other, which will include personal professional development, in the presence of the supervisor of supervision, to enable feedback from different perspectives.
Theoretical seminars
Course participants will examine the literature on supervision of family therapy, research on supervision, and current debates in the field, and consider how these may be incorporated into supervision.
It will explore issues of consulting and supervising across theoretical orientation.
The course aims to enable course participants to take into account the wider societal context and cultural diversity, and to work with differences of 'race', gender, class, sexual orientation, ethnicity and ability.
Observation of live supervision
Course participants will have the opportunity to observe live supervision of qualifying family therapists at the Tavistock Centre, and to interview supervisors about the supervision process.
Other opportunities to observe live supervision will also be negotiated.
Assessment
By course papers, self-report and supervisors' reports, and viva.
Course participants will compile a portfolio of learning throughout the year, including feedback from peers and supervisees.
Applications
Closing date for applications is end of June 2012. Interviews will take place on receipt of your application.
Professional accreditation
Leads to the award of the Tavistock Qualification in Family Therapy Supervision.
The course is accredited by the Association for Family Therapy. Graduates are eligible for recognition as an accredited Supervisor by AFT. The AFT accrediting panel commended the course for providing a multilayered reflection process, an integration of self and relational reflexivity, a strong theoretical base with a rich, up to date and interesting reading list, and a staff group of very experienced trainers. Students comment very positively on the commitment and availability of staff and their support of their learning
Time commitment
One year, part-time.
Teaching is monthly, Mondays and Tuesday, 9.30-5.00.
Participants need to supervise weekly in their agency throughout the training and to visit their peers.
