Supervisor Masterclass – Group Supervision and Reflective Practice

An Experiential Workshop with Mark Donovan in Person in Singapore

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

Date: 13 November 2025 (Registrations close 30th August 2025)

Effective clinical supervision is one of the primary ingredients in helping mentalhealth 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 reviews the basic components of supervision, locates group supervision and reflective practice within a competency-based framework, introduces evidence-based and practice-informed principles of group process and group supervision, and provides participants with a framework for (peer) group supervision practice, together with opportunity for experiential exercises via video platform breakout rooms to consolidate learning into everyday supervisory practice. This workshop also considers best practice guidelines for providing group supervision via telephone / video conferencing (teleconferencing).

At the completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Describe the principles underlying group supervision and reflective practice
within a competency-based approach to supervision
• Demonstrate knowledge of evidence-based and practice-informed principles
of processes within group supervision via video platform
• Demonstrate skills in establishing a peer supervision group, and then leading group participants through a number of group supervision tasks via video platform
• Demonstrate the use of reflective feedback and evaluation of group process via video platform
• Describe best practice guidelines for providing supervision via teleconferencing

The activities for the day-long workshop in-person utilises adult learning principles
and will include:
• Pre-reading of key materials and preparation of reflective material
• Discussion of participants workshop goals and relevant previous experience
• Small group discussions of key concepts via video platform
• Interactive didactic presentation of evidence-based content
• Live and video demonstrations
• Pair and small group Experiential peer group activities
• Larger group reflections of key content and learnings 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: 13 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 Post-Graduate Degree in Psychology or Counselling.

To register:

Write to secretariat@singaporepsychologicalsociety.org

Provide the following to register for your seat:
Full Name:
SPS Membership Number (Not required by Non-Member):
SRP Membership Number (Not required by Non-Member):
Company Name:
Area of Specialization:
Number of Seats:

Workshop Fees:

The fees for the event are as follows:

EARLY REGISTRATION: $290
(Register by 22nd 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 30th Aug 2025.