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As you know, coaching is a powerful tool. Borrowed from the world of counselling and psychotherapy, coaching has developed the concept of coaching supervision. Brigid Proctor is credited with the concept of formative, normative and restorative supervision, from her work in the world of psychotherapy.

Normative, Formative and Restorative

In my supervising experience, coaches are very good at keeping themselves in line. Known as the normative element, we can work together on how you work within the guidelines of your particular coaching body.

There is always something new to learn and one of the things I really love about coaching supervision is how we create new ideas, new ways of working and new ways of using some of the accepted coaching models. This is essentially the formative function of Proctor’s concept.

The area we work on most, though, is the restorative elements of supervision. In psychotherapy supervision, counsellors and psychotherapists are likely to get dragged down by the issues their clients bring to them. For coaches that danger is less acute. However, coaches, good coaches, are very self-aware and motivated to be the best version of themselves they can be. This can affect their confidence in their own abilities. When we work together, I’ll help you see what magic you bring and can bring to the coaching relationship.

Group Supervision

When coaches work together in a group, a lot of great ideas surface. The sharing of experiences is so powerful. It’s especially effective when coaches get to find out that they’re not alone in feeling. I have been running group supervision sessions for a decade now. Again, I love it. If you feel your group could do with coaching supervision, or indeed you’d like to join a group, let me know.