Across four monthly sessions, participants will explore the human and professional realities of supervision practice through gentle facilitation, guided reflective prompts, small-group discussion, and practical take-away practices. There is no expectation to present expertise, perform, or "have it all together" – these circles are a warm, boundaried, and collegial space where supervisors can think clearly, connect honestly, and stay connected to the sustainability of their work.
This is not a therapy group, assessment process, or formal training workshop. It is a reflective professional space designed to support supervisors in ongoing practice, ethical awareness, and collegial connection.
The Series
Session 1: We're Allowed to Be Human Here
Friday 31 July 2026
This opening session focuses on establishing psychological safety, reducing performance pressure, and creating connection within the group. Participants will reflect on their experience of becoming and being a supervisor, including the quiet pressures, expectations, and responsibilities that can emerge within the role. The session invites supervisors to step out of performance mode and into a more honest and grounded reflective space.
Themes include:
- Identity within the supervisor role
- Isolation and responsibility
- Imposter feelings and self-pressure
- What helps supervisors remain steady when holding complexity
Participants will leave with a short self-compassion and steadiness practice to support them between sessions.
Session 2: Authenticity with Safety
Friday 21 August 2026
This session explores how supervisors can bring authentic presence into supervision while maintaining clear professional boundaries and role clarity. Participants will reflect on the balance between warmth, humanity, professionalism, and structure within supervision relationships. The discussion will include practical reflection on what supports supervisors to remain genuine without overextending themselves.
Themes include:
- Authenticity in supervision practice
- Professional boundaries
- Safety and self-disclosure
- Structure and steadiness within supervision spaces
Participants will identify practical boundary and sustainability strategies they can integrate into their work.
Session 3: Holding the Hard Stuff Without Carrying It Home
Friday 25 September 2026
This session focuses on emotional containment, vicarious load, and maintaining steadiness when supervisees bring trauma, crisis, ethical complexity, or repeated stuckness into supervision. Participants will explore how supervision work impacts them emotionally and physically, while reflecting on practical ways to remain present without becoming overwhelmed or over-responsible.
Themes include:
- Emotional containment
- Rescuer pressure and responsibility load
- Somatic awareness in supervision
- Practical strategies for sustainable holding
Participants will be introduced to a simple containment framework and a brief closing practice designed to support transition after difficult sessions.
Session 4: Steadfast Supervision: What We Keep
Friday 23 October 2026 (9:00am AEST / 10:00am AEDT)
The final session consolidates learning, connection, and reflection across the series. Participants will reflect on what they have noticed about themselves as supervisors, the practices and boundaries that support their steadiness, and the kinds of support they may wish to continue seeking beyond the circles. The session focuses on strengthening confidence, connection, and sustainability while normalising the ongoing need for collegial support throughout supervisory practice.
Themes include:
- Professional identity and growth
- Sustainable supervision practice
- Connection and collegial support
- Maintaining steadiness over time
Participants will leave with a final reflective exercise focused on recognising and valuing their own supervision practice.
Learning outcomes:
Through participation in Supervisor Connection Circles, participants will have the opportunity to:
- Reflect on the emotional, ethical, and professional pressures carried within the supervisor role
- Strengthen awareness of how isolation, responsibility load, and performance pressure can impact supervisory practice
- Explore ways to maintain authenticity, boundaries, and role clarity within supervision relationships
- Identify practical approaches for emotional containment, transition, and professional sustainability
- Strengthen collegial connection with other supervisors through reflective discussion
- Develop small, sustainable practices that support steadiness over time
Who is this event for?
This series is designed for supervisors working across counselling, psychotherapy, and related helping professions. It is suitable for experienced supervisors as well as those who are developing their supervisor identity, and may be particularly relevant for those seeking collegial connection, a reflective space to consider the human realities of supervision, and ways to strengthen sustainability and steadiness over time.
Event Details
Dates:
Session 1 – Friday 31 July 2026
Session 2 – Friday 21 August 2026
Session 3 – Friday 25 September 2026
Session 4 – Friday 23 October 2026
Time: 9:00am - 10:15am (AEST)
Location: Online via Zoom.
Format: Facilitated reflective circle with guided discussion and small-group connection. Recording is not provided.
Please note: Session 4 on 23 October falls during daylight savings – the start time of 9:00am AEST is 10:00am AEDT.
Please check your time zone to avoid disappointment.
Facilitator: Dr Genevieve Armson (Convenor of PACFA College of Supervision)
Dr Genevieve Armson is a Clinical Counsellor and Supervisor, registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia. She is also a member of the EMDR Association of Australia and the Employee Assistance Professionals Association of Australasia.
In her private practice, Genevieve provides supportive, confidential, and client-centred sessions. She has a passion for assisting her clients to realise their full inner potential through strength-based counselling, education, and supervision.
Genevieve has been working with organisations and individuals for over 30 years and has established a strong client base and a reputation for well-paced and relevant strategies that assist clients to reach their stated personal and professional goals.
Facilitator: Tanya Fisher (LG member of PACFA College of Supervision)
Tanya Fisher is a Clinical Counsellor, PACFA Accredited Certified Supervisor, and ACA Approved Supervisor with a Master of Counselling, a Bachelor of Social Science Counselling, and a Graduate Diploma of Life Coaching.
With more than 17 years' experience across EAP, WorkCover, community programs, private practice, and professional supervision, Tanya works with counsellors, allied health professionals, frontline workers, and others in helping roles.
Through Working With Purpose, Tanya provides reflective, relational, and practice-focused supervision that supports practitioners to remain steady, ethical, and sustainable in complex work. Her supervision practice is grounded in professional sustainability, role clarity, reflective capacity, and the belief that good supervision helps people continue doing meaningful work without losing themselves in the process.
Tanya is a member of the PACFA College of Supervision Leadership Group and is committed to strengthening collegial connection, supervision standards, and sustainable practice across the profession.
* Please note that presenter bios are prepared by the presenters and are shared as provided without modification. They reflect each presenter's own professional journey and perspective.
CPD
Participation in each live 75-minute Supervisor Connection Circle may contribute to 1.25 hours of Category B CPD (Continuing Professional Development), through reflective discussion that supports clinical and professional practice. Across the full four-session series, this totals 5 hours of Category B CPD.
Participants should ensure that the CPD category and hours meet their own professional registration requirements.
Ticket Prices
This series is open to PACFA College of Supervision members only and is sold as a complete four-session series.
PACFA College of Supervision Members: $87.52 + GST ($96.27) for the full four-session series
What to Expect After You Register
Once registered, your personal Zoom link for each session will be dispatched directly to you via email from Zoom. Please keep an eye on your inbox for an email from Zoom ([email protected]). All future correspondence pertaining to this series will be communicated through the PACFA email address ([email protected]). To ensure a seamless experience, we recommend adding both email addresses to your safe sender list to prevent missed communications.
Alternatively, you can find your Zoom links if you log into your account under the "My events" tab.
Event Cancellations
Customers seeking to cancel their registration more than 5 working days prior to the first session may request a credit to be applied to their account. As this is a series, registration covers all four sessions and is non-refundable in part for individual sessions not attended. Cancellations must be made in writing to [email protected]. Cancellations made with less notice than this are non-refundable or exchangeable. Credits are valid for up to a year from the purchase date. This policy is at PACFA's discretion and may change.