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Adventure Therapy and Supervision – Fighting Burnout – Emotional First Aid for Practitioners Part C. Dr. Stephan Natynczuk And Dr. Elspeth Schwenk. Solution Focussed Supervision Creates a collaborative professional Partnership to develop the supervisee in
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Adventure Therapy and Supervision – Fighting Burnout – Emotional First Aid for PractitionersPart C Dr. Stephan Natynczuk And Dr. Elspeth Schwenk
Solution Focussed • Supervision • Creates a collaborative professional • Partnership to develop the supervisee in • their work, using solution-focused tools: • eliciting strengths and resources • developing the supervisee's preferred future or outcome • taking a ‘not-knowing’ position and asking appropriate questions • using scales to measure and develop progress • remembering to notice positive movement in small practical steps • offering appropriate, evidenced compliments • staying curious, respectful and adapting to the other's pace. C. Waskett
Aims of Solution Focused • Supervision include: • Identify solutions to problems • Increase understanding • of professional issues; • Improve standards of client • care • Develop skills & knowledge • Enhance the practitioner's • understanding of his/her • practice.
A solution focussed walk…. What was happening for me, the practitioner vs what was happening for me, the participant!
As the scenery changes I don’t know where I am going, and what will be expected of me…. Can I keep up? What is coming next? What happens if…?
A unknown entrance… Reveals unknown fears and unexpected delights…..
Endings are New beginnings
Positive questions encourage the supervisee to develop self-affirmative feedback (Fowler et al, 2007): • So what did it take to do that? • What helped you to achieve that? • How did you do that? • How did you get through that time/experience/deal with that difficulty? • What did you learn about yourself managing to do that? • What do you think that that might have taught others about you?
What to bring, & how to prepare for Supervision: • Identify what you want to get out of the session • Why am I bringing this issue or client or situation? • What went well – what am I proud of? • What do I need to explore? • Focus on the key aspects of the client work rather than just a lengthy story • Be open about your own feelings, actions, material • Consider practitioner & client stage of development • What would help me do my job better – i.e. what training/developmental needs do I have at this point?
Solution Focused Supervision tools: • The use of scales; • Focused questions; • Looking for exceptions; • Constructive feedback; • Follow-up tasks.
Exercise: • Think of your work over the last few weeks • Share something you are particularly pleased about in your practice • How would your clients know that you were at your best? • In a difficult situation what did you do to stop things from getting worse? • In that situation, what were you particularly pleased about? • What will you take away with you and do more of? Feedback
Supervision enables us to Manage the unexpected!
Supervision: What are you left with? What is your learning going forward?
Exercise: Action Research!Supervision model development Adventure Therapy is shrouded in challenge & new experience. For the practitioner, it is important to give sufficient time to reflect on what has happened – catch up with the experience and discuss new learning within the journey, & let go of any stress that has developed along the way. • How can supervision assist in our work in adventure therapy? • In what way could it contribute to & be an essential ingredient of best practice? • What are essential ingredients within supervision? • What does an effective model of supervision need to include? • I need adventure therapy supervision to offer me:
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