Supervision and ethics

Tim Bond introduces the Supervision section of the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9hetCisHMQ

• Tim Bond introduces the Supervision section of the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.

Counselling Scenario – Trust and reaching the limits of competence

This vignette looks at the implications of reaching a limit to knowledge when working with particular client experiences.

• How might you sensitively manage a situation with a client when you believed yourself to be working at the limits of your knowledge? What are the important considerations in supporting the client at this time?

Author Discussion – Trust and reaching the limits of competence

Tim Bond discusses counsellor competence.

• Tim Bond looks at the importance of professional competence: knowing our own boundaries and how best to sensitively implement them with our clients.

Counselling Scenario – Supervision and feeling stuck

This vignette shows a counsellor exploring her sense of being 'stuck' in client work in a supervision session because of their own personal experiences.

• How do you know when you feel 'stuck' in a counselling relationship? What are the pointers for you to consider to know when to take these issues to supervision?

Author Discussion – Supervision and feeling stuck

Tim Bond disucsses feeling 'stuck' in counselling.

• Tim Bond discuesses the counsellor's sense of being 'stuck' and how that can be usefully explored in supervision.

Counselling Scenario – Supervision and emotional wellbeing

This vignette looks at how counsellor wellbeing can be explored in supervision.

• How do you check your own emotional wellbeing? How does being a reflective practitioner help you understand your own needs? How willing are you to take your own vulnerablitliy to your supervisor?

Author Discussion – Supervision and emotional wellbeing

Tim Bond discusses counsellor wellbeing and using supervision for support.

• Tim Bond looks at how the wellbeing of the counsellors is critical to ethical work with clients. The importance of an honest exploration in supervision is critical to ethical practice.