Adventure Therapy and Supervision Fighting Burnout Emotional
First Aid for Practitioners Part C Dr. Stephan Natynczuk And Dr.
Elspeth Schwenk
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Solution Focussed Supervision Creates a collaborative
professional Partnership to develop the supervisee in their work,
using solution-focused tools : eliciting strengths and resources
developing the supervisee's preferred future or outcome taking a
not-knowing position and asking appropriate questions using scales
to measure and develop progress remembering to notice positive
movement in small practical steps offering appropriate, evidenced
compliments staying curious, respectful and adapting to the other's
pace. C. Waskett
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Ai ms of Solution Focused Supervision include: Identify
solutions to problems Increase understanding of professional
issues; Improve standards of client care Develop skills &
knowledge Enhance the practitioner's understanding of his/her
practice.
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A solution focussed walk. What was happening for me, the
practitioner vs what was happening for me, the participant!
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As the scenery changes I dont know where I am going, and what
will be expected of me. Can I keep up? What is coming next? What
happens if?
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A unknown entrance Reveals unknown fears and unexpected
delights..
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Exploring my sense of safety..
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Managing risk..
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Managing different levels of comfort.
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We all hold onto something in life
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We all have history.
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Trust: I have no idea where we are.
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Endings are New beginnings
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What to take to supervision
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Positive questions encourage the supervisee to develop
self-affirmative feedback (Fowler et al, 2007): So what did it take
to do that? What helped you to achieve that? How did you do that?
How did you get through that time/experience/deal with that
difficulty? What did you learn about yourself managing to do that?
What do you think that that might have taught others about
you?
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What to bring, & how to prepare for Supervision: Identify
what you want to get out of the session Why am I bringing this
issue or client or situation? What went well what am I proud of?
What do I need to explore? Focus on the key aspects of the client
work rather than just a lengthy story Be open about your own
feelings, actions, material Consider practitioner & client
stage of development What would help me do my job better i.e. what
training/developmental needs do I have at this point?
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Solution Focused Supervision tools: The use of scales; Focused
questions; Looking for exceptions; Constructive feedback; Follow-up
tasks.
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Exercise: Think of your work over the last few weeks Share
something you are particularly pleased about in your practice How
would your clients know that you were at your best? In a difficult
situation what did you do to stop things from getting worse? In
that situation, what were you particularly pleased about? What will
you take away with you and do more of? Feedback
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Supervision enables us to Manage the unexpected!
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Let go of the baggage!
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Supervision: What are you left with? What is your learning
going forward?
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Exercise: Action Research! Supervision model development How
can supervision assist in our work in adventure therapy? In what
way could it contribute to & be an essential ingredient of best
practice? What are essential ingredients within supervision? What
does an effective model of supervision need to include? I need
adventure therapy supervision to offer me: Adventure Therapy is
shrouded in challenge & new experience. For the practitioner,
it is important to give sufficient time to reflect on what has
happened catch up with the experience and discuss new learning
within the journey, & let go of any stress that has developed
along the way.
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