Published in OT Insight (2024), Vol. 45(5). For kaiwhakaora ngangahau | occupational therapists at all stages of their career, professional supervision offers an invaluable opportunity to grow, reflect, and refine their practice. Supervision is considered a critical component of continuing competence by the Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand, and therefore regular supervision must be…
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Switching off from work – Some practical ideas that really work.
Do you find yourself still awake at night with thoughts of work looping through your mind? Is work endlessly the topic of your conversation and consciousness long after you’ve left the office? Do you feel so drained by work that you don’t have any energy at the weekend for family, socialising or self-care? If the…
Does your Supervision empower your Strengths?
Strengths based Supervision Recently I attended a workshop about strengths based supervision facilitated by psychologist Michael Durrant. The skills I learned have hugely influenced how I approach supervision – for the better. Here’s how… Rather than asking “what issues are you bringing to supervision?”, I now tend to ask “How do you want things to…
Ambiguous Endings - Making sense of the disrupted cycle of care
In ideal clinical and supervision practice, we will have a closure experience at the time of professional separation (final session) that is positive for both parties. However, have you ever had that niggling feeling of not finishing up with a client in a planned or clear manner and been left wondering what your next step…
What is Professional Supervision...and what is it not.
In my practice as a professional supervisor, I am often asked by both occupational therapists and other clinicians alike “what exactly is supervision?. Engaging in Professional Supervision is both a responsibility and a right for all health and human services professionals. Some clinicians are advised by their managers to seek professional supervision, for some (like…