Why Attend?

This course is designed for those who wish to develop their skills as supervisors of coaches, NLP practitioners or therapists. This Diploma programme is highly experiential, with previous delegates reporting life changing experiences. It draws from the world of Transactional Analysis, reflective practice and supervision theory from the world of therapy. It provides 64 Accredited Coach Training Hours and contributes towards the MA in Applied Coaching with the University of Derby Corporate.

Entry Criteria

Candidates applying for this course will be practicing Coaches, NLP Practitioners or Therapists, with a range of other professional and life experiences with a commitment to professional, competent and ethical practice. You will be committed to your own personal and professional development and to sharing your learning with others in order to develop the field of coach supervision and the emergent profession of Coaching.

Content

The programme consists of one four-day and one three-day module with interim supervision. There is a practical assessment at the end of Part 1 to ensure safe practice as during the six months between the two modules, delegates are expected to deliver a minimum of 20 hours of supervision and to bring their cases for discussion on the second module. In between the two modules, delegates will also complete a reflective written assignment, and must undertake a minimum of 8 hrs of supervision on their coaching practice. (This can be provided by The Performance Solution).

Part 1:

The nature of Coach Mentoring and Supervision

Contracting, ethics, boundaries and safe practice

Qualities, roles and responsibilities of great supervision

Core skills of supervision and 4 levels of development

Transference and counter-transference

Distance and containment

The seven eye process

The in house supervisor and wider organisational application

The concept of ‘bridging’.

Games, dramas and creating shifts

Inter-personal process recall

Partnering in the thinking environment

Pairs, groups and action learning in supervision

Case study

Practical assessment

Interim Work:

8 hours of personal supervision

The carrying out of min 20 hours client supervision

A 3,500 word written and reflective assignment (counts towards MA in Applied Coaching if required)

Part 2:

Working with difference and diversity

Working relationships and personality types

Emotional intelligence (includes individual assessment using the EQi questionnaire)

The dynamics of power

The change curve, competence and strokes

Spirituality in supervision

Research in supervision

Advanced supervisory practice and Continuous Professional Development