Sharon Dyke

I offer an activity that brings skilled supervisors and practitioners together to reflect upon their practice. Sessions are not deemed training and it is not the supervisor’s responsibility to “deliver” information. "Supervision supports the therapist to identify solutions to problems, improve practice and increase understanding of professional issues" UKCC (1996). There are various models or approaches to clinical supervision; one-to-one supervision, group supervision, peer group supervision. The choice of approach will depend upon several factors, including personal choice, access to supervision, length of experience, qualifications, availability of supervisory groups, etc. As a qualified supervisor and skilled professional I facilitate and support practitioners in the development of their skills, knowledge and professional values. As a supervisor, in this instance, I am a qualified SF Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist who has enough experience to deploy support in a supervisory capacity. As a supervisor I aim to guide and advise Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists on practice guidelines and applied policy. As a practitioner who receives professional advice, support and guidance from a supervisor. You should develop greater knowledge and a deeper understanding of accountability. Of course, for those practitioners who are very experienced in their field of work, a supervisor may be used more as a source of support for reflection on practice. Within any good working relationship, the effective process of communication and interaction is an essential ingredient. In a clinical supervision relationship, whether it is between two individuals or a group of people, communication and interaction provides the essential framework for the professional relationship to develop. It helps build up trust and rapport, and it provides an articulate process that is empowering, supportive and, when necessary, directive. One of the principle barriers within a clinical supervisory relationship is the presence of 'professional power'. Power inequalities arise within supervisor and supervisee relationships, and between majority ethnic groups and minority ethnic groups. Transcultural clinical supervision is concerned with the process of supervision between practitioners who have different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. As a supervisor I am respectful of EDHR and adhere to the Equality and Diversity ACT 2010.  Sharon Dyke Hypnotherapy has produced five key principals that should enable practitioners to maintain and promote high standards of therapeutic intervention: 1.    Clinical supervision is a solution-focused professional relationship involving a therapist reflecting on practice supported by a skilled supervisor. 2.    The process of clinical supervision should be developed by therapists and supervisors according to local circumstances. Ground rules should be agreed so that therapists and supervisors’ approach clinical supervision with transparency and confidently and are aware of what is involved. 3.    Every therapist should have access to clinical supervision as agreed in line with their contract of agreement. 4.    Each supervisor should supervise a realistic number of practitioners. 5.    Evaluation of clinical supervision is needed to assess how it influences therapeutic interventions, practice standards and the service. Evaluation systems should be determined locally.