Presenter Details:
Dr Mark Donovan is lead-trainer and co-partner of the Reflective Supervision Team. Mark has previously worked in University and Health Service settings in Australia and the UK, and has over 30 years of practice as a registered psychologist. Mark has presented at national and international conferences and workshops on a range of topics over the past 25 years, including clinical supervision, mindful parenting, cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and narrative therapy. Mark enjoys bringing workshop materials to life through interactive discussions, practical examples, live demonstrations and skills practice.
Overview:
This workshop explores how to address stuckness within a competency-based and reflective supervision approach. The workshop uses video vignettes to highlight stuckness and rupture in the supervisory relationship, which can present in terms of resistance, disengagement or lack of progress. The workshop provides frameworks and processes to (re)establish safety, align goals, and helpfully challenge supervisees to promote professional growth and safe practice. Participants are guided through experiential exercises to consolidate learning into everyday supervisory practice.
In relation to the Board’s six supervision competencies, this workshop provides:
- Knowledge and skills-building in relation to models of supervision, contracting, agenda setting, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Knowledge and skills-building regarding the supervisory relationship, and particularly how to enhance the relationship, address ruptures, and promote safe and effective supervision.
- Practice in facilitating and providing feedback that addresses supervisee’s competencies
- Practice in using measures to evaluate the supervisory process.
- Practice in establishing a supervisory frame that acknowledges cultural and social diversity.
- Practice in considering ethical issues within the supervisory relationship, and establishing a safe supervisory relationship that invites genuine disclosure from supervisees.
Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Describe how to promote safe and effective clinical supervision.
Demonstrate alliance building, repair, and maintenance skills in supervision via pair and small-group exercises
Demonstrate use of frameworks and models to guide supervisory process
Demonstrate use of feedback and measures to promote safe and effective supervision
Methods/Activities:
The workshop is conducted in a one-day format (maximum 35 attendees) or or two half-days (webinar, maximum of 24 attendees), and utilises adult learning principles (7 hours CPD):
Pre-reading of key materials and preparation of reflective material
Discussion of participants workshop goals and relevant previous experience
Interactive didactic presentation of evidence-based content
Small group discussions of key concepts
Live and video demonstrations
Pair and small group experiential exercises
Larger group reflections of key content and learning from exercises
Evaluation:
There are two (2) methods of evaluation to help participants to consolidate workshop materials, and to ensure that participants have demonstrated competence:
Psychologists wanting to update their Psychology Board of Australia Board-Approved Supervisor status need to meet each of the two criteria below to be issued with a Certificate of Competence for the Board. Other practitioners will be provided with a Certificate of Attendance for Continuing Professional Development, regardless of whether they complete the below evaluation.
Demonstration of reflective supervision skills (via experiential exercises in workshop)
Demonstration of knowledge via achieving at least 80% on a post-workshop multiple-choice assessment task (10 questions)
9:00am – 4:30pm, Wednesday 28th May 2025
via WEBINAR
Trainer: Dr Mark Donovan
Workshop Cost: $330*
(includes: workshop materials)
*Discounted for Webinar delivery
Save $55.00
Terms and Conditions
Customer Service Processes:
Payments will be taken using Credit Card (via Stripe or PayPal), with an email to confirm payment and official receipt. Invoices can be issued for those participants who require them. Workshop bookings will only be confirmed once full payment has been received.
Cancellation Policy:
Our cancellation policy is 100% refund if more than 21 days notice, 75% refund if more than 7 days notice, and no refund if less than 7 days notice. Refunds are made within 7 days of notification. Transfer of the place to a colleague or a future date is permissible with written application prior to the workshop date. Workshops may need to be cancelled if there are insufficient numbers in which case 100% refund will be given. (NB: no webinars have actually been cancelled). The cancellation policy is clearly stated on the registration form and applications are only accepted if the applicant ticks the box to agree that they have read and understood them.
Certificates:
Masterclass completion certificates will be emailed following the workshop to all participants. Supervisors who require a competence certificate for AHPRA to fulfil CPD requirements will need to demonstrate competence in supervisory practice through scoring at least 80% on the assessment task (multiple choice quiz). Opportunities to resubmit will be provided until participants score at least 80% on the re-submitted assessment task. Some workshops also require participants to email a reflective exercise that is retained by RST in a password-protected electronic file for audit purposes.
