Creative ways to engage in peer and group supervision

About

Supervision is a chance to stop, slow down the pace and think. However, it can become a routine process and lack psychological safety, creativity or interest. It is time to look at it differently and see what it could be!

This workshop seeks to develop effective and creative supervision practices in psychology that will refresh and enhance your practice. 

Delegates will explore the contracting process, including from a transcultural perspective, discuss relevant research on peer and group supervision and issues that may arise in these contexts, consider strengths-based approaches to supervision, and develop action points to take forward in your own practice.

Date: Thursday, 11 September 2025

Time: 13:00-16:00

This workshop is available to book until Wednesday, 10 September 2025 at 13:00. It is available in English only. 

Attendees of this workshop will receive a Certificate of Attendance. 

Learning outcomes

By the end of this workshop, you'll be able to:

• Reflect and further develop an understanding of the contracting process in supervision
• Develop understanding of peer and group supervision, what makes it work well, limitations and strengths
• Reflect on peer and group supervision arrangements and how to develop these further
• Engage in a strengths-based approach to supervision

Is this course right for me? 

This workshop is designed for practitioner psychologists and members of the wider psychological workforce involved in providing supervision. 

Presenter

Dr Anita Soni CPsychol

Anita has a long-held interest in supervision. She is on the Register of Applied Psychologist Supervisors and has contributed to national documents such as the BPS Supervision guidance for psychologists (2024) and DECP Professional supervision resources for educational psychologists (2024). 

Anita has over 20 years of experience in delivering training in a range of areas and works hard to ensure it is interesting, meets the needs of the participants and builds confidence. Anita has delivered training to several Educational Psychology Services, supporting them to develop their supervision offer to staff within the service as well as other professionals. This covers issues including contracting effectively for supervision, psychological safety in supervision and creative approaches to supervision.

Soni, A. & Callicott, K. (2023) Exploring contracts and contracting within supervisor training, Educational and Child Psychology, 40 (4), 44-54, doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.2023.40.4.44

Halton, L. & Soni, A. (2023) Exploration of supervisees' experiences of a transcultural supervision activity, Educational and Child Psychology, 40 (4), 69-83, doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.2023.40.4.69

Soni, A. Fong, H. & Janda, T. (2022) An exploration of two supervisors' engagement in a transcultural supervision exercise to support culturally responsive supervision with trainee educational psychologists (TEPs), Educational Psychology in Practice, 38 (2), 194-213, doi.org/10.1080/02667363.2022.2059450 

Soni, A., Fong, H. & Janda, T (2021) "Culturally responsive supervision: A reflective account on the value of acknowledging and working with difference within supervision," Educational and Child Psychology, 38, 4, 24-34

Pricing

Price: £183.33 (+ VAT) 
Members: £110 (+ VAT) 

In addition to the site policies, this course is subject to additional terms and conditions.

Booking on behalf of an organisation?

If you or your colleagues are looking to book onto this course as a group, you can make savings by booking ten or more places. To find out more about our packages, contact cpd@bps.org.uk

Invoicing

If your organisation prefers invoicing over online payment, that's no problem. We can invoice you for 5 or more purchases, or if your purchase is for more than £250.

In order to request a quote for five or more learners, please email cpd@bps.org.uk. If you are looking to book for fewer than 5 learners, please proceed directly to requesting an invoice by completing the invoice request form.

To request an invoice, please complete this form. We also provide guidance to support this process. Please note, to raise an invoice, you will need to provide a Purchase Order. Once the invoice has been paid, we will provide your learners with details of how to access their learning. 

Contact

This workshop is provided by BPS Professional Practice and Development. You can contact us at cpd@bps.org.uk

You may also be interested in our other courses on BPS Learn, including those related to supervision and your personal development. You can also explore the range of BPS books available via Routledge, where BPS members receive a 25% discount.