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 and Brigid Proctor (since 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).
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.
Maps and directions to St. Mary’s College can be found here.
Next Year’s Conference
Next year’s conference will be held on Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th of July 2010. Each year the organising Committee select a theme and then invite keynote speakers and workshop presenters to connect to that theme. The theme for 2010 is: “The Competent Supervisor: Imprisonment or Liberation?”. If you would like to be considered for a Keynote Address or Workshop Presenter, please submit your proposal to Michael Carroll, 73 Upper Church Road, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 2HX. You can also your proposal to Michael.
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. The Outline Programme and Booking Forms will be mailed in about March/April 2010 and will also be available to download from this website at that time.
Published Work
One conference proceedings has been published as a book:
Carroll, M. and Tholstrup, M. (2001) Integrative Approaches to Supervision. London: Jessica Kingsley.
