BPS Approved Essential Supervision Skills 2 - 3 July 2015 - places available!

Just to let you know that we’ve had 2 late transfers from this course and therefore:

2 PLACES HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE ON THE COURSE IN LONDON
2-3 July 2015
The British Psychological Society
http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=114

The places will be allocated on first-come first-served basis, please book quickly to avoid disappointment.

We also still have a few places available on the LIVE WEBCAST of this event: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/webcast.shtml

 It is going to be a very exciting and extremely informative seminar.

Come and join us either in London or via the webcast.

 Looking forward to seeing you there.

SDS Updates: New DVDs & Courses

This is just a brief e-mail to keep you up-to-date with the latest developments at SDS:

1. To remind you that early bird discount of £24 for our popular seminar “ANGER THERAPY: HATRED, HOSTILITY & BITTERNESS” only available for bookings before 15 May 2010: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=61
Book now to make sure that you receive a discount and reserve your place (some venues are almost fully booked now).
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2. We received a lot of questions recently about our excellent “SKILLS FOR CLINICAL & CASE SUPERVISION” course. Although the course still available for in-house training, it is not currently running as an open course.

However:
There is good news – this course is now available as INTERACTIVE TRAINING from us. You can book it online as any other SDS training course: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=77
When you sign up on this interactive course you'll receive a training pack that contains:

- 2 DVDs "Skills for Clinical & Case Supervision with Paul Grantham"
- CD-ROM with handouts of a PowerPoint presentation, worksheets & reading list
- Online post-course test.
After completion of the course and successful pass of online test you will receive a CERTIFICATE OF ASSESSED ACADEMIC COMPETENCE from SDS that grants you 6 CPD hours.
As this is a new form of training and we are very keen on learning your opinion of it – we are offering only to those who reply to this e-mail £25 off our regular price. Please add code “CCSPORM05” into promotional code field when book on the course via SDS website.
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3. We are running our highly demanded seminar on THE ESSENTIAL TOOLKIT FOR RUNNING GROUPS in November-December 2010 around the UK.

Early Bird booking discount is currently available. Please check the venues – we are sure you will find one near you. Book online at: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=67
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4. For those who attended group work courses in the past and those who are planning to run groups in the future – new DVD from Paul Grantham – “THE ESSENTIAL TOOLKIT FOR RUNNING GROUPS.17 Point Preparation Checklist”. It is an essential tool that enables you to avoid most common problems arising in group work.
Now available at PsychotherapyDVDs.com: http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/epages/colt5155.sf?ObjectPath=/Shops/colt5155/Products/0107/SubProducts/0107-0001
Exclusively for SDS delegates PsychotherapyDVDs.com gives 15% discount on ANY products from the store. Use your exclusive discount code H9DHMN4W on the checkout. VALID FOR 7 DAYS ONLY
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We are looking forward to hearing from you and to seeing you on our courses soon.

Skills for Clinical & Case Supervision DVDs

This very popular course is now available in the new - DVD - format.

The course consists of 2 DVDs and you can purchase individual version of it for your private use, group version - for organisations and staff training and Interactive Training Version that enables you not only to learn by watching DVD, but to explore materials on the additional CD-ROM and to take an online quiz that entitles you to Assessed Academic Competence Certificate with 6 CPD hours attached.

To see all the datails on this DVD go to:

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/epages/colt5155.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/colt5155/Products/0106/SubProducts/0106-0001

Useful Supervision Techniques & Questions

One of the most interesting papers I came across recently was Carole Waskett's 2006 paper on a solution focused approach to supervision. (1). Why did I like it? Very simply, like all BSFT work it struck me as immensely practical. She outlines a number of useful questions to ask supervisees to enable them to both develop their practice skills, confidence and self awareness, by focusing on what they are already doing that works.
Questions she suggests (amongst others) include:
What are your best hopes for today's (supervision) meeting?
If "0" is where the client was when you first saw them, where on a scale of 0-10 would you say they are now?
If the client were here now where would they rate themselves?
What might the client say about how they have moved to that number from zero?
What has been helpful in the client's work with you, and what strengths have they used to keep moving?
It led me to thinking - what other questions or techniques have practitioners experienced in supervision that they have found particularly helpful? Maybe it is a particular phrase or a particular technique such as a form of role play? Single words often change lives.

Yours
Paul Grantham