Supervision is built around 3 focus areas that reflect the reality of working with kids and/or parents.
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1. Professional Guidance & Case Reflection
- We unpack what’s happening for the child, the parent, and you as the professional.
- Understanding children’s mental health and behaviour through child development / developmental psychology theories and models
- Adapt and apply play therapy skills in real-world settings.
- Parental mental health; supporting parents through their own childhood conditioning, trauma shame, guilt and identity work.
- Cycle-breaking work with kids/families; use of self-compassion and self-accountability.
- Integrating a trauma-informed lens and ongoing reflective processes into your practice.
2. Inner Professional Work
- Identifying and working through own triggers in work with specific families/presentations.Â
- Recognise countertransference and use it as information, not self-blame.
- Identify how your childhood conditioning, beliefs or perfectionism shows up in your work.
- Applying boundaries with empathy
- Strengthening your self-trust and decision-making.Â
3. Self-Preservation
- Sustainability and direction for your career
- Maintain energy and focus through realistic self-preservation strategies.
- Create space for reflection, healing, joy and growthÂ
- Work through guilt around self-care practices.
- Build a supervision/consultation practice that keeps you aligned with your values and purpose
