Choir of Brave Voices: Seasonal Reflective Practice Using Art and Poetry
In this monthly series of workshops throughout the year, participants are invited to think differently and develop their reflective practice. We will encourage and develop new and creative ways of looking at case challenges through the lenses of art and poetry and the wisdom of the seasons.
Session outline:
- Opening with participants defining their supervision case and question in individual, guided reflection.
- Participants explore a piece of art in pairs or small groups and discuss what emerges from the image for them with their supervision question in mind. There will be encouragement to notice other participants’ viewing perspectives.
- A reading of the accompanying poem once.
- Some brief enquiries around the words, phrases and salient points that emerged for participants.
- Second reading and individual reflection, specifically around own supervision question.
- Some paired discussion in break out rooms around new, creative perspectives for the question brought by the participants.
- Main room debrief.
- The participants receive the poem, art piece and further starting points for further reflection after the session.
Different art and poetry pieces to reflect the month and season will be selected from Gillian’s ‘Choir of Brave Voices’ publications for each session. These will be shared with participants in pdf form with the addition of valuable reflective practice starting points and more information about the background of the creative pieces to support personal or client reflection.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- How to get creative and develop reflective practice
- Using creative starting points to support challenging topic reflection and learning
- Creative ways of working to open up new perspectives and develop the ‘inner-supervisor’
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- People professionals interested in building their reflective practice and integrating more creativity in reflection and client work
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- It is so easy for thoughts to get stuck on a loop! Learning how to confidently use creative reflection points for professional reflective practice and in client sessions offers a safe opportunity to think differently, to get unstuck and discover new perspectives.
RECORDING
This workshop will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
To support practitioners in this time of extraordinary circumstances we are offering access to this group for a self-select fee.
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.
Gillian Walter
Gillian offers a safe space that’s held lightly. There’s room to explore with playful curiosity or serious conversation; whatever’s called for.
Gillian is a master coach, supervisor, mentor, artist, owner of Inside-Out Coaching and author of 7 Choir of Brave Voices books and creative reflection resources. Accredited by the ICF, EMCC, EASC and CSA, her client work stems from creative, narrative and somatic coaching and supervision methodologies with a specialisation in working creatively and supporting clients’ reflective practice. British born, she now lives and works in Switzerland with her family and Schnauzer.
Gillian works with creativity and metaphor to build safe and abundant space for working and thinking from new perspectives.
Website | www.inside-out-coaching.com | www.bravevoicebooks.com/
Facebook | Inside-Out Coaching
Twitter | @InsideOutZurich
Instagram | insideoutcoaching_zh
LinkedIn | Gillian (Holt) Walter MCC
Shirley Smith
Shirley Smith is passionate about the potential of working with creative methodologies in supervision. She has been actively involved in enabling the ongoing development of leaders as a vehicle in support of wider culture and systemic change.
Shirley works mainly in multi-cultural environments around the globe from her current base in Vienna, Austria. She mainly provides supervision to individuals and small groups who are keen to access supervision as part of their own ongoing professional development and self-care. They also want to develop their own practice in working more ‘creatively’. She has been experimenting more recently with ways of making creative supervision accessible online and also with and without video. A kind of learning laboratory.
Connect with Shirley on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirleysmith/