Counselling Supervision Certificate

Training to become a clinical supervisor can be one of the natural progression steps for counsellors/psychotherapists who wish to further develop both professionally and personally.

Our Counselling & Supervision Certificate supports you to trust your achieved experience and professional knowledge alongside your awareness and insight, helping you to further develop your skills and integrity through offering supervision to others.

EMDR Step by Step Enhanced Introduction Certificate

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is recommended for the and considered an ‘A’ Level treatment for Trauma by the World Health Organisation (Geneva: WHO. 2013). EMDR helps people recover from difficulties triggered by traumatic episodes in their lives. It is more commonly known for treating PTSD but can also help with a wide range of mental health conditions including Depression, Anxiety and Panic Disorder.

This Step by Step, Enhanced EMDR Introduction certificate is offers and a fuller clear understanding of EMDR. The course was developed with the intention of considering the learner and their pace, of clearly understanding new terminology, the model and language working through it Step by Step over 2 full days.
The course is the first step to integrate skills into their own practice with the aim of encouraging therapists to attend the Full EMDR Accredited Qualification via the EMDR Association to become a qualified EMDR therapist. Accredited EMDR training is only available to Accredited practitioners.

EMDR therapy is a comprehensive approach that addresses the physiological storage of memory and how it forms experience.

Change is understood as a byproduct of reprocessing due to the alteration of memory storage and the linkage to adaptive memory networks.

Dual attention bilateral stimulation or BLS (eye movements, tactile taps, and auditory tones) is merely one component of EMDR therapy.

EMDR therapy is an integrative treatment approach (distinct from Psychodynamic, CBT, Experiential, etc) consisting of eight-phases that is compatible with all major orientations to psychotherapy.

Different diagnoses may require additional case conceptualisation and treatment planning considerations, incorporating the three-pronged protocol of past, present and future.

EMDR therapy is used to address adverse life experiences that contribute to problems in daily living.

RESEARCHED POPULATIONS AND DIAGNOSES SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH EMDR THERAPY

• Phobias ( de Jongh, et al,2002,2007)
• Panic Disorder ( Fernandez & Faretta, 2007, Faretta & Leeds,2017)
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder ( Gauvreau & Bouchard, 2008)
• Depression ( Hoffman, 2015, Ostacoli et al,2018)
• Attachment Disorder ( Zaccagnino & Cussino, 2013)
• Conduct Problems and Self Esteem ( Soberman et al, 2002)
• Grief and Mourning ( Sprang, 2001. Soloman & Rando,2007)
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder ( Brown, et al, 1997)
• Sexual Dysfunction ( Wernik, 1993)
• Pedophilia ( Ricci et al, 2006)
• Psychotic Disorder ( Bedeschi,2018. Swan et al, 2017.VandenBerg et al, 2015)
• Chronic Pain (Arias-Suarez et al. 2020)
• Migraine Headaches ( Marcus, 2008)
• Phanton Limb Pain ( De Roos et al, 2010)
• Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms ( Van Rood & de Roos,2009)

Trusting your achieved experience and professional knowledge in addition to your awareness and insight, helps you to further determine your skills and integrity by offering supervision to others.

The Therapy Quarters Supervision Course is accredited by The CPD Standards Office giving 42 CPD points once completed. It was developed to include significant changes relevant to current Counselling and Psychotherapy supervision training and practice to meet the varied needs of individual practitioners.

The course is underpinned by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s (BACP) Supervision Competency Framework (2021) It was developed following the BACP Supervision Training Curriculum requirements which produce up-to-date, evidence-based counselling and psychotherapy supervision competencies. The aim of the curriculum was to allow practitioners to gain further knowledge regarding supervision with the aim of practising an effective and ethical approach.

About the course lead

Karen Harrison is an accredited registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and an EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner offering Trauma Psychotherapy, Counselling, Supervision and Training.

Karen aims to help people live a happier and healthier life, so that they can achieve their own goals and enjoy their personal experience of life more so. She works hard to establish a relationship where her clients feel respected, trusted and understood.

She has worked in the arena of Mental Health for over 25 years and shares her experience, creative techniques and skills with course members. Karen currently has a private independent therapy centre based in Newcastle Under Lyme which offers placement opportunities for students registered with various universities and further education facilities.

Karen aims to teach with consideration, compassion, fun and empathy and considers the transition from supervisee to supervisor.

Her unique and creative methods alongside her ‘way of being’ allow the adult learner to grow, develop and play during the course. Offering demonstrations and case examples whilst exploring new ideas. Karen welcomes challenge and values each individual’s perspective, whilst believing that there is no such thing as a ‘silly question’ in the learning environment, aiming to provide the learner with the confidence, skills and competencies to offer supervision to other practitioners. Karen provides a supportive learning environment in which practitioners may also learn from each other’s experiences whilst ensuring a high standard of supervision are met.

Course Criteria

• Attendee’s will need to have completed their training in Counselling and/or Psychotherapy up to level 4 (or equivalent) as well as gaining 450 clinical hours in total since they commenced their training.
• To qualify the course will require attendee’s to have completed a minimum of 20 hours of supervision practice with at least 2 supervisee’s.
• Attendee’s will need to have in place their own supervision for their supervision practice in addition to their usual supervision for minimum of one hour a month. This needs to be with a supervision consultant who is a registered member of the BACP or an equivalent professional membership body and has completed supervision training.

Assessment

• Formative assessments are conducted throughout the course, by means of supervision skills practice, self and peer evaluation, individual or group presentations and reflective writing/journaling. Assessments will evidence learning outcomes.
• Assessment will involve a portfolio including an essay, case study, supervision skills practice assessment and presentation and completion of a brief consultant supervisor’s report.
• The supervision practice hours need to be a mix of face to face and remote supervision.

Core Subject Areas

• Area 1: The Theory Of Supervision
• Area 2: Ethcial & Professional Practice In Supervision
• Area 3: Establishing And Maintaining The Supervisory Relationship
• Area 4: Beginnings & Endings
• Area 5: Facilitating The Supervision Process
• Area 6: Working With Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (Edi)
• Area 7: Responding To The Individual Needs Of The Supervisee
• Area 8: Adapting Supervision To The Developmental Stage Of The Supervisee
• Area 9: Relational Dynamics In Supervision
• Area 10: Working With Conflict, Challenges & Ruptures
• Area 11. Working Creatively In Supervision
• Area 12. Group Supervision
• Area 13. Online & Phone Supervision
• Area 14. Supervising In Organisational Contexts
• Area 15. Supervising Work With Children & Young People
• Area 16. Supervising Trauma Therapists