Welcome
The British Association for Supervision Practice and Research (BASPR) was founded in 1989 by Michael Carroll and Maria Gilbert. They were aware that there was no forum for counselling and psychotherapy supervisors to meet, discuss, update and network and set up BASPR as a means of meeting that need.
Some History
BASPR started as a one day conference each year in the summer University term and its first conferences were help at Roehampton Institute. In 1991 they held the first two day BASPR international conference on Supervision at Roehampton Institute and had a wonderful array of participants, quite a number from the USA.
Since then, the yearly conference became the trademark of BASPR and a number of features changed:
1) The conference became a two day non residential conference.
2) Participants widened to include supervisors and supervisees from other professions e.g., coaches, social workers, psychologists etc
3) A conference committee was established in 1993 comprising five people: Michael Carroll, Maria Gilbert, Paul Hitchings, Terri Spy (now retired) and Brigid Proctor (now retired).
4) When money was available small research projects in supervision where supported (over the years BASPR has made contributions to approximately five research projects two of which were at doctoral level).
Published Work
One conference proceedings has been published as a book:
Carroll, M. and Tholstrup, M. (2001) Integrative Approaches to Supervision. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Our Conference
The annual BASPR conference has now become a regular feature in the professional calendar and attracts up to 120 participants from a variety of professional backgrounds. The conference is characterized by Keynote Addresses, workshops and live supervision as well as group disquisition, plenary sessions and good opportunity for networking. It is held each year at St. Mary’s College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London.
This Year’s Conference
This year’s Conference will be held a week earlier than normal on Friday 20 & Saturday 21 July (owing to the facilities at St Mary’s being used for pre-Olympic training). The theme for 2012 is: “Critical Moments in Supervision”.
All relationships face challenges. Moments arise, for whatever reason, that forces relationship participants to review their relationship and make decisions about its future. Supervisory relationships are the same as others – they too face critical events that create relationship crossroads. Critical moments in supervision arise from personalities, from events outside supervision, from within the supervisory relationship itself and sometimes from the evaluation aspects of supervision. They inevitably heighten emotions and if not dealt with constructively can lead to the end of the relationship or serious lack of trust within it.
Our 2012 Conference looks at the content and process of critical moments and challenges within the supervisory arrangement. We hope to make sense of why such moments appear and how best to handle them in ways that can contribute to supervisory effectiveness and satisfaction rather than allow them to become vehicles of destruction. We will review relevant research within this area as well as devise strategies for handling such moments when they arise. Some of our workshops will focus specifically on sharing actual critical moments in supervision and together reflecting on what might and could be done to turn such an event into a positive contribution for an even better supervisory relationship.
We are delighted to have two Keynote Speakers: On Friday 20 July, Paul Hitchings will give a presentation on “Critical Moments in Supervision: Mapping the Territory” and on Saturday 21 July, Julianne Appel-Opper will talk on “Embodied Supervision”. There will be an opportunity after each keynote, for the audience to have a brief discussion and put questions to the speakers. There will be a place for more formal discussion of keynote content in small groups followed by dialogue with keynote presenters on both Friday and Saturday afternoons. Both days will offer workshop choices after the discussions.
Outline Programme &
Booking Form
To reserve a place at BASPR 2012, please download the Booking Form and post, together with your cheque payable to “BASPR Ltd” to Amanda Shribman, BASPR 2012, PO Box 56914, London N10 3YL.
Mailing List
If you would like your name added to the Mailing List, please your full postal address to the Conference Administrator: Amanda Shribman or write to Amanda at PO Box 56914, London, N10 3YL.
