What is supervision?  The word has many meanings. It means to oversee and holds some connotations of authority and a hierarchical form of learning. It is used in counselling and psychotherapy, in the medical and nursing fields, in social work, and in aspects of teaching and general care of others. It implies a code of conduct and it carries an element of protection and safety in its overall application. Holloway 1992 says that supervision provides an opportunity for the student to capture the essence of the psychotherapeutic process as it is articulated and modelled by the supervisor thus recreating it in the counselling relationship. Lambert 1980 described supervision as part of an overall training of mental health professionals that deals with modifying their actual in-therapy behaviours.

In general, supervision may be seen as either training supervision or consultative supervision. Supervision is part of the overall training and educational needs of the health professional and there are many supervision model and styles to look at.

Here at the Institute we are offering a five-day course spread over a period of five modules.

We will look at the meaning of supervision as it applies in your field of work whether you work individually or in a group setting, in psychotherapy, counselling or in the areas of social work, nursing, clinical psychology or psychiatry or indeed any of the caring professions.

Module One:           

This module will explore the philosophical concepts of supervision, what it is in relation to the work you do. We will look at the goals and outcomes of the methods used and explore how it applies to each member of the group.

Module Two:             

Here we will look at the ‘process model’ of supervision put forward by Hawkins and Shoet in their book on supervision called “Supervision in the helping profession” 1989.  This is an excellent model for mapping out where you are in the supervisory process.  You can also use this model as a Parallel process model.

Module Three:         

In this module we will look at the different tasks of supervision and specifically the gate keeping process within supervision. We will also examine the notion of the Parallel process in supervision.

Module Four:            

Here we will look at the developmental aspect of supervision.

We will look at the developmental models of Richard Erskine, Delworth, and Stoltenburg, as a guide to how we may approach the supervision process.

Module Five:           

In this module we will bring together the various strands of what we have been looking at in the previous modules, and hopefully find an integrative view of supervision which will suit your own particular style.

Tutor    :              Bob Cooke TSTA

Times   :              10.00am – 5.00pm

Venue  :              Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy

Bookable online (click the shop icon below the dates) or by card by telephoning the Institute on 0161-862 9456.

Course dates:NEW: AUTUMN COURSE – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2026

This will be a face to face course 

10.00 am – 5.00 pm – Fridays on

Module 1 – 13th November 2026

Module 2 – 27th November

Module 3 – 4th December  

Module 4 – 11th December

Module 5 – 18th December

Cost: £975.  A (non-refundable) deposit of £150 is required to secure your place. Your balance can be paid in instalments if need be.

To book online click the shop

OR you can book by telephoning 0161-862 9456 to pay by card

NEW: SPRING 2027 – APRIL/MAY 2027

This will be run face to face

Fridays on:

Module 1 – 9th April 2027

Module 2 – 16th April 

Module 3 – 23rd April

Module 4 – 30th April

Module 5 – 14th May

Cost: £975.  A (non-refundable) deposit of £150 is required to secure your place. Your balance can be paid in instalments if need be.

To book online click the shop

OR you can book by telephoning 0161-862 9456 to pay by card

NEW: SUMMER 2027 –

This will be a face to face course

Fridays on:

Module 1 – 23rd July 2027

Module 2 – 30th July 2027

Module 3 – 6th August 2027

Module 4 – 13th August 2027

Module 5 – 20th August 2027

Cost: £975.  A (non-refundable) deposit of £150 is required to secure your place. Your balance can be paid in instalments if need be.

To book online click the shop

OR you can book by telephoning 0161-862 9456 to pay by card

NEW: AUTUMN COURSE 2027 – NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER

Cost: £975.  A (non-refundable) deposit of £150 is required to secure your place. Your balance can be paid in instalments if need be.To book online click the shopOR you can book by telephoning 0161-862 9456 to pay by card