Bob Cooke TSTA runs a Certificate in Supervision from the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy- 454 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 1BQ.  Click here for map

This exciting Supervision Certificate is extremely popular and has been running for over 10 years and is for experienced professionals who wish to gain further understanding in the world of Supervision.  It is run three times a year and has become a integral part of the training programme at the Institute.

Within the Certificate in Supervision we will be looking at the meanings and definitions of Supervision as it applies in your field of work, whether you work individually or in a group setting, in Psychotherapy, Counselling or in areas of Social Work, Nursing, Clinical Psychology or Psychiatry, or indeed any of the caring professions. It will provide basic skills in Supervision, with an understanding of what Supervision is, and the teaching of two specific models in supervision, for example, the Seven Eyed Model of Supervision and the IDM Developmental Model of Supervision.

The course is experiential and didactic in nature and theory outcomes are met by demonstration and practice.  Therefore, there are no essays or written work to fulfil as the tutor will be able to judge competency by demonstration and practice. It is a 30 hours course, run over 5 modules on Fridays and provides a Certificate in Supervision recognised by the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy.

Participants will need to have completed a first training in Psychotherapy or Counselling, or Counselling up to level 4, as well as the completion of 450 clinical hours – this might of course include the 100 hours gained in your placement.

What is supervision?  The word has many meanings. It means to oversee and holds some connotations of authority and a hierarchical form of learning. It is used in counselling and psychotherapy, in the medical and nursing fields, in social work, and in aspects of teaching and general care of others. It implies a code of conduct and it carries an element of protection and safety in its overall application. Holloway 1992 says that supervision provides an opportunity for the student to capture the essence of the psychotherapeutic process as it is articulated and modelled by the supervisor thus recreating it in the counselling relationship. Lambert 1980 described supervision as part of an overall training of mental health professionals that deals with modifying their actual in-therapy behaviours.

In general, supervision may be seen as either training supervision or consultative supervision. Supervision is part of the overall training and educational needs of the health professional and there are many supervision model and styles to look at.

Module One:           

This module will explore the philosophical concepts of supervision, what it is in relation to the work you do. We will look at the goals and outcomes of the methods used and explore how it applies to each member of the group.

Module Two:             

Here we will look at the ‘process model’ of supervision put forward by Hawkins and Shoet in their book on supervision called “Supervision in the helping profession” 1989.  This is an excellent model for mapping out where you are in the supervisory process.  You can also use this model as a Parallel process model.

Module Three:         

In this module we will look at the different tasks of supervision and specifically the gate keeping process within supervision. We will also examine the notion of the Parallel process in supervision.

Module Four:            

Here we will look at the developmental aspect of supervision.

We will look at the developmental models of Richard Erskine, Delworth, and Stoltenburg, as a guide to how we may approach the supervision process.

Module Five:           

In this module we will bring together the various strands of what we have been looking at in the previous modules, and hopefully find an integrative view of supervision which will suit your own particular style.

SPRING 2026 – MARCH/APRIL – Fridays – this course will be run face to face. **PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL** – SEE FURTHER DATES BELOW

Module 1 – Friday 6th March 2026

Module 2 – Friday 13th March

Module 3 – Friday 20th March

Module 4 – Friday 27th March

Module 5 – Friday 10th April

Venue: The Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy

Times: 10.00 to 5.00 pm

SUMMER 2026 – MAY/JUNE 2026 – THIS COURSE WILL BE RUN FACE TO FACE ON FRIDAYS –

Module 1 – 15th May 2026

Module 2 – 22nd May

Module 3 – 29th May

Module 4 – 5th June

Module 5 – 12th June

To book online click the shop

You can also pay by card by telephoning the office on 0161-862 9456 Monday to Friday

AUTUMN 2026 – AUGUST- OCTOBER 2026 – THIS COURSE WILL BE RUN ONLINE OVER ZOOM – Fridays on:

Module 1 – 28th August 2026

Module 2 – 4th September

Module 3 – 18th September

Module 4 – 25th September

Module 5 – 2nd October

To book online click the shop

You can also pay by card by telephoning the office on 0161-862 9456 Monday to Friday

Timings:

The course will be taught over 5 days normally within a six week period. If it’s on Zoom it will be 10.00-4.00 pm each day. If it’s face to face it will be 10.00-5.00 pm each day.