You can now download a free eBook to develop your Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Supervision skills.
This guide builds on the existing contributions to supervision in CBS, most notably the SHAPE model (Morris & Bilich-Eric, 2017) and the Four Phases of Emotional Awareness Training (Batten & Santanello, 2009). Similarly, many clinicians have spoken on this subject at ACBS conferences.
We hope this eBook will further your understanding and application of ACT Supervision. After reading this guide, you will have a clear understanding of how to:
1. Create a SAFE learning environment for you and your supervisees.
2. EXPLORE Functional Analyses to make your interventions more precise.
3. EXPERIMENT with Experiential Methods to support skill development.
4. Incorporate DELIBERATE PRACTICE routines into your supervisory relationships.
We have created the SEED Model of ACT Supervision, which we cultivated from our experience of being supervisors, delivering workshops and seeking feedback from our supervisees.
“To seed something means to cause something to grow or develop, representing the spirit of supervision.” We hope the model and eBook help ACT therapists looking to embark on a supervisory role to build their confidence and skill in delivering consistent ACT supervision.
Meet the Authors
Jim Lucas and Sally Bradley published this eBook in January 2024. Jim and Sally are experienced ACT Supervisors and Therapists working in private practice in the UK. We met in a peer consultation group in Birmingham and have worked together on several projects, usually around supervision. We have delivered skills classes at ACBS conferences and will do so again for Contextual Consulting in February 2024.
How come it’s free?
After careful consideration, Sally and I agreed we’d like to make this eBook freely available to practitioners and supervisors worldwide. Although it’s only available in digital form, you are free to print your copy.
We welcome a small donation of $5 to the ACBS Foundation if you are financially positioned to do so.
You can read more about that and download the eBook from www.actsupervision.info
Thanks once again. We welcome your feedback and to let others know where to go to get a personal copy.
Take care, and we hope you enjoy our eBook, SEED: An ACT Supervision Model. A Guide for developing your skills in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Supervision.
Jim Lucas and Sally Bradley