ILLUMINATE? WHAT IS CALLING FOR ATTENTION?
Often it seems obvious what is calling for attention. However, if we pause a moment… what else might be there? Is there something that you or I might want to disregard or deny? whether we are supervisors, or supervisees.
Perhaps there are feelings we don’t want to acknowledge, stories we dont want to tell, responses we dont want to make, or situations we dont want to encounter. And it’s not just ‘not wanting’…. often what is present is just the edge of something, something unknown to me and you.
How do we attend to what is present?
As supervisors and as supervisees, having the ability, and the self-trust, to attend to what is present, even when it is not obvious often opens possibilities for transformation and learning.
The simple rule guiding supervision which we are exploring today is: ⭐ Illuminate and explore what is calling for attention
WHAT ARE SIMPLE RULES?
‘Simple rules’ is a term that describes a set of guiding principles, behaviours, we have seen within the practice of supervision that are generative. In other words, if we hold these behaviours, we might amplify the experience of ‘supervision’ as defined by those engaged in it.
STEPPING INTO SUPERVISION
Although we take a coaching perspective in this series, these workshops are suitable for anyone entering supervision, or training to become a supervisor, from any of the professional disciplines often known as the Helping Professions.
By coming together in a multi-professional group of coaches, counsellors, psychotherapists, teachers and other professionals we can re-consider some of our own assumptions and beliefs, open our heart, mind and will to new practice and become more clear on what kind of supervision fits best at present.
For those considering becoming a supervisor, each session in this series will offer one dimension of supervision, and with the engagement of colleagues participating in the workshop, old friends and new acquaintances, we might explore from multiple perspectives.
If you’d like to know more information about our accredited Diploma in Coaching supervision, please send an email to Jo Birch jo@jobirch.co.uk
Course Content
Presenter
PhD, MBA, BA (hons), FRSA, Author, Poet; Accredited Supervisor and Master Coach, Change-maker, facilitator, learning partner.
Louie is passionately involved in liberating human potential, drawing upon the natural processing dynamics of ‘Presence in Action’ and ‘Symmathesic Agency’ which pulse at the heart of all she does with individuals, groups and organisations.
These accessible approaches for catalysing personal and systemic change tap into diverse modes of exploration and expression that leverage all that makes us human. Deploying a fusion of poetic, visual, kinaesthetic, intellectual and performative modalities, Louie tickles out authentic human exchange, invoking those who engage to surface their personal and collective brilliance.
Louie’s work is grounded in her doctorate which epitomises the integration of deep personal and collective inquiry; emergent symmathesic professional practice; coherent philosophical and theoretical foundations, and a pioneering approach to academic research.
Her past roles include CEO, Board Trustee, Head of Corporate Performance & Development; visiting lecturer to undergraduate and post-graduate degrees.
She has contributed articles to both academic and practice-based journals e.g. Human Arenas, Cybernetics and Human Knowing, e-O&P Journal, Coaching Today, the3rdi magazine, and Book Chapters in Coaching Supervision Groups: Resourcing Practitioners (2021); Coaching Supervision: Advancing Practice, Changing Landscapes (2019); and The Collaboratory (2015); poetry anthology Attending, Responding, Becoming: An anthology of surprises beyond intention or design (2021) see Louie’s website.
