Date: 11 February 2027
Start time: 9:30am
End time: 4:30pm
Venue: Online via Zoom
Registration closes at 9:00am on 10 February 2027
The supervisory relationship is widely recognised as the cornerstone of effective CBT supervision. It provides the foundation for learning, reflective practice, professional development and, ultimately, high-quality patient care. This interactive workshop explores the relational processes that enable supervision to be both supportive and appropriately challenging, creating the conditions for supervisees to develop confidence, competence and autonomy.
Drawing on contemporary CBT supervision models, participants will examine the factors that contribute to a strong supervisory alliance, including trust, collaboration, feedback, contracting and the balance between formative, normative and restorative functions. Through experiential exercises, reflective discussion and case examples, participants will consider how their own beliefs, assumptions and supervisory style influence the supervisory relationship and how relational ruptures can be recognised and repaired.
The workshop also explores supervision within its wider organisational, cultural and systemic context. Participants will consider how culture, identity, power and privilege shape supervisory relationships and how culturally responsive supervision can foster greater openness, psychological safety and reflective dialogue. Particular attention will be given to creating supervisory environments in which diversity is acknowledged explicitly rather than assumed, supporting both supervisee development and equitable clinical practice.
Designed for CBT practitioners and supervisors, this workshop offers an opportunity to deepen reflective supervisory practice, strengthen supervisory relationships and develop practical strategies that can be immediately integrated into clinical supervision.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- critically evaluate the key components of an effective supervisory relationship and their impact on supervisee development and clinical practice
- apply CBT supervision principles and models to establish and maintain collaborative, safe and effective supervisory alliances
- recognise how personal assumptions, supervisory style and interpersonal processes influence the supervisory relationship and use reflective practice to enhance supervisory effectiveness
- identify and respond constructively to challenges and ruptures within the supervisory relationship using CBT-informed frameworks
- integrate culturally responsive supervisory practices by considering the influence of culture, identity, power and difference on the supervisory relationship
- develop practical strategies to strengthen supervision through effective contracting, feedback, collaborative learning and reflective dialogue
References
Beinart, H. (2004) Supervision and Clinical Psychology: Theory, Practice and Perspectives. London, Routledge.
Corrie, S. and Lane, D.A. (2015) CBT Supervision, London, Sage. Kennerley, H. (2019) CBT Supervision Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre www.octc.co.uk
Milne, D.L. (2009) Evidence based Clinical Supervision. Chichester, Wiley/Blackwell
Vekaria, B., Thomas, T., Phiri, P., & Ononaiye, M. (2023). Exploring the supervisory relationship in the context of culturally responsive supervision: a supervisee’s perspective. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 16, e22.
Certificate of attendance
A digital certificate stating the hours of live participation in the workshop will be available to download after the training.
Workshop recording available to attendees
By attending this workshop, I understand I am giving my consent for the workshop to be video recorded and for this video recording to be available to people attending the workshop live and for it to be sold separately, for the amount of time determined by OCTC and outlined in the purchase agreement. My name (if displayed onscreen) and image may form part of the recording. Recordings are the property of OCTC and making copies of these recordings or sharing login details is not permitted. Please do not reveal details which may compromise the anonymity of clients.
The recording will be available to view for 12 months.
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