Supervision for coaches has become an essential aspect of good practice. So how can both supervisor and coach ensure that supervision is oriented towards an ever deepening of the coaches professional capacity to be effective and make meaning of their work?
The aim of this one-day event is for coaches and supervisors of coaching psychology, to learn about the ‘living field’ in the supervisor-coach relationship; a perspective that attends to unseen influences active in the coach-client work. Through an interesting presentation on the key ideas of ‘field theory’, followed by practice groups, participants will learn about the core principles of a ‘field view’ and then apply this to their own case work. The workshop will offer different lenses to look beneath the surface of professional and ethical responsibilities in the coach-client relationship, towards the hidden, often complex ingredients of socially and culturally embedded psychology. Participants will have time to reflect on their own case material as a rich, multi-layered narrative.

You will learn

• Key principles of ‘field theory’ in the supervisor-coach-client relationship and how this perspective can throw light on social and cultural influences in coaching issues.
• Practical ‘living field’ supervision skills using case material, structured around core ‘field’ principles.
• Ways to explore the coach-client narrative as a multi-layered source for learning.
• This event is relevant for supervisors and coaches.

Sue Congram is a highly experienced organisational consultant, coach and supervisor who has been teaching the principles of Gestalt in organisations for the past fifteen years in the UK, Europe and Australia. She has published a number of books, papers and chapters on psychology and organisational practice, and is currently researching the ‘living field’ in leadership, through PhD research at Cardiff University. Sue is a founding member of the BPS Special Group of Coaching Psychology.

Each attendee will receive a Workshop attendance certificate as evidence for CPD Logbooks or Practitioner-in-Training Logbooks.

9th June 2010 Registration Form

A conference fee of £90 for SGCP, DOP, SCP, ABP, Coaching at Work subscribers and Association for Coaching Members /£120 for BPS members, £140 for Non-Members and £65 for part-time students /£45 for full-time students, needs to be paid, in advance, to secure a place at the event (all prices inc. VAT). Please return the completed form to [email protected]