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Thinking Time
Reflective Supervision

A safe, reflective space to respond to the emotional demands of work in schools and other helping professions.

I am delighted you have taken the first step to access confidential, reflective supervision.

Encouraging and enabling staff to manage and process the increasingly complex challenges of their work is essential in a modern workplace.

Based in Bournemouth and working across the South Coast and online, I supervise professionals in education settings, supporting them to reflect and respond to the emotional demands of their work.

Please get in touch for an informal discussion about how reflective supervision can make a difference in your education setting.

JO DI-PEDE – THINKING TIME REFLECTIVE SUPERVISION

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"Jo, I am very grateful for the opportunity that you have given me to have supervision. I greatly value the time and space to reflect in a safe environment. I feel you have helped me to share my feelings and this has helped to reduce the level of concern that I carry. It has also helped me to reflect on what really underlies my feelings not just the immediate situation that may be causing concern. Jo, you have helped me to reflect on others and how they might be feeling and therefore behaving. Supervision has helped me again to realise that being vulnerable leads ultimately to a greater ability to cope with and manage situations. It has allowed me to leave situations but also address others."

Designated Safeguarding Lead –
Ferndown Middle School – Dorset

"Supervision has allowed me to look at the bigger picture and consider solutions. Often, we get caught up with one problem or a group of problems and they really start to take over. Supervision has given me head space and a different perspective. Education is a tough profession and at times it can feel like it is consuming all aspects of your life. Now, even knowing the next date for Supervision I have a clearer and positive outlook. Before starting the sessions, I was worried that I might not have anything to share or the ‘right’ thing to share. I couldn’t believe how quickly the time went by, I really did not need to worry. Jo’s questioning is fantastic! She makes you reflect and walks alongside you to problem solve and unpick thoughts."

Specialist Teacher – Parley First School – Dorset

"I was reluctant and sceptical about supervision at first. I didn’t know what it was, I hadn’t heard about it before and I was attending because it was suggested rather than because I wanted it. Very quickly, after my first supervision session, I felt a massive lightness. I could talk quite freely. Supervision has benefits well beyond the monthly session. When I am dealing with a situation I think about supervision, I slow down. I step back and think. Be open, be vulnerable, embrace it. Be prepared for it to be uncomfortable at times too. That’s fine too. The space is safe. I would completely recommend supervision. It’s been a privilege to be given supervision and would encourage anyone offered it to take it."

DSL and SENCO – Emsworth Primary School, Hampshire

"Thank you so much for this supervision session. It means the world just to be heard and understood. It's encouraged me to think deeper about the strategies and approach I use with the children as well as fellow staff. I liked your questioning, making me really think about the intent and the emotion that we use in this job, which is very much juggling lots of need and demands on our time, skill set, mind and body. I am grateful we addressed how we measure our work/life balance."

Teaching Assistant – Dorset