Supervisor Masterclass – Tools for Getting Unstuck in Clinical Supervision

An Experiential Workshop with Mark Donovan in Person in Singapore

A One-day Live Workshop by Mark Donovan (MClinPsych MAPS MACPA)

Date: 12 November 2025 (Registrations close 12 September 2025)

Effective clinical supervision is one of the primary ingredients in helping mental-health practitioners serve their clients, as well as grow in their professional skills. Experienced supervisors therefore also need to continue building on their supervisory skills, to remain effective and relevant.

Details:

This in-person workshop explores how to address stuckness within a competency-based and reflective supervision approach. The workshop uses video vignettes to highlight stuckness and rupture in the supervisory relationship, which can present in terms of resistance, disengagement or lack of progress. The workshop provides frameworks and processes to (re)establish safety, align goals, and helpfully challenge supervisees to promote professional growth and safe and effective practice. Participants are guided through experiential exercises to consolidate learning into everyday supervisory practice.

This workshop provides knowledge and skills in six supervision competencies:
1. Knowledge and skills-building in relation to models of supervision, contracting, agenda
setting, monitoring, and evaluation.
2. Knowledge and skills-building regarding the supervisory relationship, and particularly how
to enhance the relationship, address ruptures, and promote safe and effective supervision.
3. Practice in facilitating and providing feedback that addresses supervisee’s competencies.
4. Practice is using measures to evaluate the supervisory process.
5. Practice in establishing a supervisory frame that acknowledges cultural and social diversity.
6. Practice in considering ethical issues within the supervisory relationship, and establishing a safe supervisory relationship that invites genuine disclosure from supervisees.

Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Describe how to promote safe and effective clinical supervision.
• Demonstrate alliance building, repair, and maintenance skills in supervision via pair and small-group exercises.
• Demonstrate use of frameworks and models to guide supervisory process.
• Demonstrate use of feedback and measures to promote safe and effective supervision.

Methods/Activities:
The workshop is conducted in a one-day in-person format and utilises adult learning principles:
• Pre-reading of key materials and preparation of reflective material
• Discussion of participants workshop goals and relevant previous experience
• Interactive didactic presentation of evidence-based content
• Small group discussions of key concepts
• Live and video demonstrations
• Pair and small group experiential exercises
• Larger group reflections of key content and learning from exercises

Participants of this workshop will be required to do pre-reading of key readings, and prepare reflective material from participant’s own supervisory experience (one page Notable Incident)

Those who complete this workshop would be eligible to record 7 Professional Development (PD) hours into their current PD logs, and for their SRP Approved Supervisor Renewal of Membership.

The Trainer:

Dr Mark Donovan is lead-trainer and co-partner of the Reflective Supervision Team. Mark has previously worked in University and Health Service settings in Australia and the UK, and has over 30 years of practice as a registered clinical psychologist. Mark has presented at national and international conferences and workshops on a range of topics over the past 25 years, including clinical supervision, mindful parenting, cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and narrative therapy. Mark enjoys bringing workshop materials to life through interactive discussions, practical examples, live demonstrations and skills practice.

Event in Singapore:
Date: 12 November 2025
Registration 8.30am
Time: 9am – 5pm
Location: James Cook University Singapore, 149 Sims Drive, Singapore 387380

Registration:

This event is open to Clinical Supervisors and non-SPS members who are clinical supervisors in the mental-health sector. Participants should possess minimally, a PostGraduate Degree in Psychology or Counselling.

To register first email to reserve your seat:

Write to srp@singaporepsychologicalsociety.org /  secretariat@singaporepsychologicalsociety.org

Provide the following to register for your seat:
Full Name:( + state organization)
SPS Membership Number (Not required for non member):
SRP Membership Number (Not required for non member):
Company Name:
Area of Specialization:
Number of Seats:
Name & Date of workshop:

Workshop Fees:

The fees for the event are as follows:

EARLY REGISTRATION: $290
(Register by 29th Aug 2025)

SPS MEMBERS: $310

PUBLIC: $360

**Participants who register for two supervision workshops would be entitled to a 5% discount. Registration for this workshop is on a first-come first-served basis, and will close on 12 September 2025.