‘How heavy is this glass of water? The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.’ (Hawkins & Shohet)

Clinical supervision is an on-going professional practice, utilised to develop the helping professional’s knowledge, competence and skills in order to provide best care for their clients and to reduce the risk of burnout. It has been widely utilised within the National Health Service (NHS) but is applicable to all staff working with vulnerable people. Creative supervision is underpinned by Dramatherapy and includes the above but utilises creative methods as a tool to gain insight and a deeper understanding of the situation. Creativity and the use of metaphor enable the supervisee to gain an aerial view of the situation they are exploring. The word metaphor in Greek means to ‘carry across’ indicating a transfer of meaning form one frame of reference to another. Examples of creative methods can include; using objects to represent a situation, exploration of stories and myths, devising environmental metaphors, drawing activities. The use of metaphor has the advantage of offering multiple perspectives and is particularly useful when a supervisee is feeling stuck or puzzled. We all have blind spots which are our own personal patterns and processes.

I provide INSET and CPD days to schools on wellbeing and developing self-efficacy, reducing burnout, emotional resilience, mental health and on managing the social and emotional aspects of teaching and learning.

I provide creative supervision and consultation to all helping professionals including therapists, hospice nurses, teachers, and audiologists.

I also co-facilitate retreats in UK and Marrakech that promote self-care for professionals at risk of burnout