Supervision + Mentoring FAQs

Supervision offers a non-judgmental space for you to be supported as a professional; to bring your questions, areas of difficulty in relation to specific cases, to help you identify blindspots and work with the client-practitioner dynamic. It is also a space to discuss areas of professional development, to consider how to run and grow your business in an aligned way, as well as work through self doubt and other feelings that may arise within your work with clients. It is an essential part of therapists’ and psychologists’ support systems, and so all professional coaches, facilitators, yoga teachers, as well as team leaders who are working directly with people benefit enormously from Supervision and Mentoring with an experienced and established Supervisor.

Engaging in regular Mentoring and Supervision not only safeguards you and your clients, but it also elevates your practice and ultimately ensures you show up as the practitioner you aspire to be.

Supervision creates the space for you to bring what arises for you in your practice, in relation to the people you work with, you as a Practitioner and how you run your business.

Here are some of the themes that routinely show up and I can support you with:

• Self Doubt as Facilitators/Space holders

• Psychology of space holding: Codependency/Entanglement/Identity 

• Holding space for difference/conflict/complexity

• Trauma sensitive space holding; repair + harm reduction

• Sustainability in business + Ethical approach to your work

• Boundaries + Mental Health 

• Holding space for Group work; Group/Team dynamics

• Defining your scope of practice & setting up a referral network

• How to manage “difficult” client issues

• Supporting clients who are “stuck” or show resistance

• Identify gaps in knowledge and areas of growth; considerations for further training

• Self responsibility & self care as a Practitioner

• Supporting clients going through grief, redundancy and other significant life events.

And more.

You might be a Coach, Yoga teacher or therapist, Bodyworker, Breath-work practitioner, Energy healer, Meditation teacher, Retreat/workshop Facilitator, Circle facilitator, Counsellor/Therapist and any other type of practitioner or service provider. You might also be a Team Manager, CEO or another leadership role where you work and tend to a team of people.

Practitioner Supervision and Mentoring is for you if you hold space for other people in a professional and/or caring capacity (even if it’s a side business, a hobby or as part of your job in an organisation), supporting others to navigate change, transition and challenges.

It provides a grounded, non-judgmental space for you to feel held while you support others.

Supervision is not about being monitored or judged by another practitioner. It is a brave space where you can bring your worries, questions and areas of uncertainty, unpack your practice and reflect on the ways you’d like to grow as a practitioner. It offers support, guidance and gentle accountability, as well expertise where relevant.

Being vulnerable in a protected space that is contained by an experienced Supervisor is what will take your work, your craft and your business to the next level.