Supervision, Leadership and Reflective Practice (DS9149J)

Postgraduate, 24.0 points

Content

In this unit students consolidate their supervision competencies to identify and respond to situations that supervisors face in practice. Through an Ignatian discernment framework and by the application of contemporary theories, students acquire skills to guide supervisees in addressing the challenging situations that arise in professional practice.

Unit code: DS9149J

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Spirituality

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Jesuit College of Spirituality

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Learning outcomes

1.

Apply contemporary theories of supervision to supervisory practice
2.

Analyse current models of supervision in contemporary literature and research
3.

Demonstrate contemplative approaches to supervision practices
4.

Evaluate and articulate their own strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in supervising others

Unit sequence

Prerequisites: DS8021J Individual Ministry Supervision (old code: DS8115J)

Prohibited combinationsL old codes: DS9117J / DS9119J

Pedagogy

Lectures, seminars, tutorials, facilitated interaction in small groups

Indicative Bibliography

  • Conroy, M. “What to Look for in Your Spiritual Direction.” Praying, 34. January- February 1990, 9-11.
  • Conroy, M. Looking into the Well: Supervision of Spiritual Directors. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1995.
  • Dunne, T. “The Praxis of Noticing.”, Ch. 5 in Spiritual Mentoring: Guiding People Through Spiritual Exercises to Life Decisions. New York: HarperCollins, 1991, 84-103.
  • Fagin, G.M. “The Spirituality of the Spiritual Director.” Presence: The Journal of Spiritual Directors International. Vol. 8, No. 3, October 2002, 7-18.
  • Greenleaf, E. “Introduction” and “Dreaming and Healing.”, Ch. 1 in The Problem of Evil: Disturbance and Its Resolution in Modern Psychotherapy. Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker and Theisen, Inc., 2000, xiii-xviii, 1-21, 36-67.
  • Greenleaf, E. “Transference and Countertransference.”, In The Handbook of Ericksonian Psychotherapy. Edited by Geary, BB & J.K. Zeig, Phoenix, AZ: The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Press, 2001, 93-111.
  • Lonsdale, D. “Consolation and Desolation.”, Ch. 4 in Listening to the Music of the Spirit: The Art of Discernment, Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1993, 67-93.
  • Lynch, W.F. “Introduction,” “On Hope,” “On Hopelessness.” Chs. 1 & 2 in Images of Hope: Imagination as Healer of the Hopeless. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1987.
  • Sheehan, B. “The Art of Confrontation in Spiritual Direction.” Presence: The Journal of Spiritual Directors International. 4/3, September 1998, 47-54.
  • Toner, J.J. A Commentary on Saint Ignatius' Rules for the Discernment of Spirits. St. Louis: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1982.
  • Scroope, M., Ignatian Spirituality for today.” Fifth Edition, Loyola Institute, Australia, 2011, 144-147.
  • McRay, B.W., M.A. Yarhouse, & R.E. Butman. Modern Psychopathologies in a Comprehensive Christian Appraisal. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2016.
  • Pearson, Q.M. “Getting the Most out of Clinical Supervision”. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 26, no. 4 (2004): 361 – 373.
  • Pearson, Q.M. “Opportunities and challenges in the supervisory relationship: Implications for counselor supervision”. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 22, no. 4 (2000): 283-294.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Supervision Theory and Practice Essay (3000 words) In this essay students are required to write a 3000 word essay on supervision theory and practice in which they focus on a contemporary or critical issue that is commonly faced within their specific supervision area (e.g. clinical, ministry, or leadership).

 3000 50.0
Oral Presentation

Individual Setting Roleplay or Video presentation (Indicative Word Count 1000 words plus 500 word Self Reflective Practice review)

Students will be required to present an 8-1 0 minute in-class roleplay or video presentation demonstrating skills in managing a difficult topic (e.g. legal, Institutional) or a client pathology/state (e.g. anxiety, hallucinations) in an individual (one-on-one) setting. Students will also be required to submit a 500 word Self Reflective Practice review of the session in which they outline what supervision skills they were aiming to demonstrate and then self-assess and reflect on how well they demonstrated those skills.

 1500 25.0
Oral Presentation

Group Setting Roleplay or Video presentation (Indicative Word Count 1000 words plus 500 word Self Reflective Practice review)

Students will be required to present an 8-1 0 minute in-class roleplay or video presentation demonstrating skills in managing a difficult topic (e.g. legal, Institutional) or a client pathology/state (e.g. anxiety, hallucinations) in a group setting. Students will also be required to submit a 500 word Self Reflective Practice review of the session in which they outline what supervision skills they were aiming to demonstrate and then self-assess and reflect on how well they demonstrated those skills.

 1500 25.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2017

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 11:25:37 +1100