Supervisor Workshops – North Thames
North Thames London DClinPsy Supervisor workshops.
The three North Thames Doctoral Programmes in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) University College London (UCL), Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL), and University of East London (UEL), run a programme of workshops for supervisors of Trainee Clinical Psychologists in the region.
- Supervision Part 1: Live Workshop for New Supervisors
- Supervision Part 2: Advanced Supervisor Workshop
- Addressing Whiteness and Anti-Racism Praxis in Clinical Psychology Supervision
- Neuropsychology Supervisors Workshop
- Developing Trainees’ Leadership Competencies
- CBT/BABCP Supervisor Workshop
- Systemically Informed Supervision Workshop
- Supervisor Discussion Space
- Developing a Service-related project (SRP)
- Boosting CBT skills using therapy recordings: the CTS-R and UCL CBT Scale as tools for therapist development
- Working with Difference within the Supervisory Relationship
- Digital Mental Health
Please note these workshops are for supervisors of North Thames DClinPsy trainees only. Priority is given to supervisors who are either currently supervising, or expecting to supervise within the next placement intake.
These events are free and are largely live online workshops.
Please click on the Qualtrics registration link to register for the workshop – your completion of the form will confirm your place and you will be contacted closer to the time with the online teams/zoom link and handouts for the workshop.
Supervision Part 1: Live Workshop for New Supervisors
This workshop is for psychologists and therapists who are relatively new to supervising or are about to supervise Trainee Clinical Psychologists in the North Thames region for the first time.
10th Dec 2024, 20th Mar 2025, 4th Jun 2025, 11th Sep 2025
Description:
The workshop involves two parts – the first is a range of activities and videos that attendees are required to complete in their own time ahead of the second part of the workshop, with approximately one day needed to do this. The second part of the workshop involves a live one day workshop which is largely group activity based.
Content:
- Information about the DClinPsy programmes in North Thames.
- Models of learning and training, and the structure of supervisor sessions.
- Monitoring, assessing and giving feedback to trainees; BPS and DClinPsy programme supervision requirements.
Registration:
The below links give the dates of the live part of the workshop. Supervisors will be sent materials to complete ahead of the live workshop about one week prior to the live workshop date. We therefore suggest that supervisors set aside one day ahead in the week prior to the live workshop date to complete these pre-workshop activities.
24th Oct 2024, 26th Feb 2025
Description:
We suggest that people enrol on this workshop after a minimum of 12 months after attending the two-day introductory workshop (Part 1). Priority will be given to those currently supervising DClinPsy trainees.
Content:
Revisiting themes from Part 1 in the context of supervisors’ experiences with trainees. The content includes:
- Dilemmas in the supervisory relationship.
- Managing power in the supervisory relationship.
- The supervisor’s role as both assessor and facilitator of learning.
- Evaluation of trainees’ clinical competence.
- Working with trainees who may be struggling on placement.
Registration:
2 day workshop: 16th & 17th Jan; 15th & 16th Sept 2025
Drop-in spaces: 5th Feb, 14th Apr, 5th Jun, 17th Sept, 10th Nov 2025
- Understanding Whiteness and racism.
- Understanding how our everyday practices and services can perpetuate often subtle and indirect discrimination.
- Noticing and addressing racialised processes in the supervisory relationship, in supervision and in services.
- Engaging in anti-racism praxis and supporting trainees to do the same.
- Working with trainees who may be struggling on placement.
8th May 2025
Description:
The workshop aims to enhance your supervisory skills by focusing on key aspects of neuropsychological assessments and practice. The focus of this session will be on neuropsychological practice with adults. We hope to be able to offer a workshop for supervisors of paediatric neuropsychology practice soon/in due course.
Content:
- Course requirements related to neuropsychological assessments.
- How to effectively “scaffold” cases assigned to trainees by identifying different ‘difficulties’ of cases to facilitate development of neuro skills in a structured and supportive manner pitched at the right level for the trainee.
- Different models of neuropsychological formulation.
- Group discussion, on challenges and issues that arise on placement.
Registration:
The workshop will be run by Dr Vaughan Bell (UCL) and Dr Anna Crabtree (Royal Holloway) and will be held in-person.
Location: UCL, Room 115, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB (Just off Tottenham Court Road)
Developing Trainees’ Leadership Competencies
This workshop aims to support supervisors in the development of DClinPsy trainees’ leadership competencies.
13th Mar 2025
- Understanding the context of leadership in Clinical Psychology, including in Clinical Psychology training.
- Reviewing professional guidance and competency frameworks in relation to leadership competences for trainees.
- Generating practical ideas for appropriate trainee activities on placement to support the development of leadership competencies.
5th Nov 2024
Description:
This workshop is for supervisors who work predominantly within a CBT framework, and who will be supervising DClinPsy trainees – including those trainees on either the RHUL or UCL BABCP CBT Accreditation Pathway – within the North Thames region. We welcome supervisors from all service settings, including Adult Mental Health, CAMHS, Older Adults, Learning Disabilities, Forensics, Clinical Health Psychology, etc.
Content:
- Exploring aspects of CBT supervision including the supervisory relationship, CBT placement supervision contracts, structuring CBT supervision and the CBT competences for DClinPsy trainees.
- Information about the nature and range of clinical work that trainees are expected to be involved with.
- An overview of the BABCP pathway requirements for DClinPsy trainees: What do I need to know and do as a supervisor if my trainee is on the BABCP pathway?
- How to assess trainees’ clinical practice, using two formal rating scales (the UCL CBT Rating Scale and the CTS-R).
- Space for discussion of your own questions and dilemmas.
This workshop will be delivered in 3 parts, including a pre-recorded introductory video (to be watched within the week prior to the workshop), role play video with ratings completed on the day, and a further live section.
Registration:
2nd Jun 2025
- Drawing on systemic ideas to inform your supervision practice.
- Supporting trainees to apply systemic theory to practice.
- Evaluating and feeding back on systemic competencies.
- Information about the foundation and intermediate systemic pathways at RHUL, UCL and UEL – Systemic teaching and assessments on the North Thames DClinPsy programmes.
Supervisor Discussion Space
23rd Jan 2025, 5th Mar 2025, 3rd Apr 2025
Description:
This is a discussion and reflective space. It offers an opportunity to follow-up on some of the topics from the larger supervisor workshops. It may involve reading or other resources that attendees review ahead of the workshop, followed by a discussion space and reflections made together. The space is ideal for people who have been supervising for some time and would like to be up to date with recent developments in supervisory practice, as well as having some opportunity to reflect.
It is also an opportunity for the courses to share any updates and for supervisors to ask any questions about the courses or training, and to maintain accreditation to be able to supervise trainee clinical psychologists.
Topics:
Thur 23rd Jan 2025
Trainee wellbeing and reasonable adjustments during training
Wed 5th Mar 2025
Considering diversity in supervision and training
Thur 3rd Apr 2025
Troubleshooting placement set up and supervision
Registration:
The numbers are capped at 30.
Developing a Service-related project (SRP)
Workshop for psychologists and therapists who supervise clinical psychology trainees undertaking small-scale service-related projects (SRPs).
Accessible anytime
- A definition of a Service Related Project and audit.
- The scope and time frame of an SRP.
- How to develop ideas for an SRP.
- Expectations for the supervisor and trainee.
- Basic design, methodology, and analysis for SRPs.
- How to assist with writing up (including possible publication).
Accessible anytime
Description:
This programme is designed to give you the tools you need to rate your own and your supervisees’ therapy recordings confidently and use these ratings to create plans that help with further skill development. The course is delivered through a mixture of audio, video and written materials. It will take you approximately 3 hours to complete. You can work at your own pace, and we have included approximate timings in each section.
By the time you finish it you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of two commonly used tools used to rate recordings of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy session (the UCL scale and the CTS-R).
- Analyse the content of a therapy recording using one of the scales.
- Reflect upon the strengths and weaknesses of a session and devise an action plan to move yourself or your supervisee forward.
- Understand the principles for judging a tape summatively (if you are required to make a formal pass/fail judgement for university purposes).
Approximate duration 3 hours.
Access:
Please contact the UCL host who will provide you with access to this online course.
Upon access being granted (we send a list of those signed-up to our colleagues to grant access once a month), you will have access to this resource for 1 month.
Accessible anytime
Description:
This is an EDI-focused webinar on the topic of working with difference within the supervisory relationship, with focus on race. Themes covered include: conceptual models utilised in the field that help understand difference, racial dynamics within supervision, impact of racial trauma within supervision, and how related difficulties can be prevented in the supervisory relationship.
It was presented by Dr. Alex Pieterse. Dr. Pieterse an Associate Professor and Training Director of the Counselling Psychology Ph.D. program at the University at Albany – SUNY. He received his Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, his Master of Arts in Counselling from New York University, and holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Nursing, received from the Australian Catholic University. Dr. Pieterse’s scholarship focuses on psychosocial aspects of race and racism, racial trauma, and anti-racism training and advocacy. He is currently an Associate Editor for The Counselling Psychologist.
The webinar is available to all supervisors supervising trainee Clinical Psychologists in the North Thames region.
Approximate duration 1.5 hours.
Hosted by ACP-UK.
Access:
If you are an existing supervisor within the North Thames region and you would like to view this webinar recording, please contact the UCL host who will provide you with access to this webinar.
Accessible anytime
Description:
The Division of Clinical Psychology’s Digital Healthcare Committee has co-produced a series of four digital mental health e-learning modules to be freely available to psychological practitioners.
Access:
Access via: https://dclinpsy.psychologyresearch.co.uk/e-learning/