How does a supervision group help the therapist to a better understanding of their client or group? Is there something in the relational dynamic in the supervision group when the therapist talks about their client that gives clues to what the therapist needs to know? The speaker will draw attention to these dynamics, giving fictional examples of how the group may be able to help when the work seems to have reached an impasse /or ‘seems stuck’.

A creative exercise will be offered to help people discuss more about their experience of supervision groups.

Margaret Gallop is an independent Group Analyst writing and doing a small amount of training and supervision. She started her professional career as a teacher of small children which underpins an interest and exploration of child development, how early experience affect adult life. Margaret trained as a counsellor and then a group analyst. She has worked mostly in the community, in Primary Care and in the third sector, providing therapy, psychodynamic and group analytic training in University and Institute settings. As a supervisor she has supported professionals, trainees and volunteers working with young people, parents and adults in the community. More recently she co-convened the IGA Diploma in ‘Using the Group for Supervision’ with Margaret Smith and they have since produced a book taking a Group Analytic approached to Supervision Groups.

Qualifications: B.Ed (Cantab), Dip.Couns.(Reading University), Diploma in Group Analysis (Institute of Group Analysis), Diploma in Supervision of Groups (IGA), Diploma in Using the Group for Supervision (IGA).

A CPD opportunity that will additionally count towards re-accreditation of  registered supervisors.