{"id":3838,"date":"2020-07-30T10:51:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T02:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2020-07-30T10:55:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T02:55:28","slug":"emptychair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/emptychair\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave an Empty Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s a suggestion: Whenever you conduct a supervision session, leave one empty chair in the room. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? This is to remind both parties, that we are talking about someone else who is not present in this meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taken from an entirely different world, Amazon’s chief, Jeff Bezos says his biggest competitive advantage is “obsessing over customer experience\u2026 start with the customer and work backward.” [<\/pwa>3]

(I previously blogged about Bezo<\/pwa>‘s philosophy about “focusing on what‘s not going to<\/pwa> change”. You can read it here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To keep this beyond just a platitude, at every meeting, the Amazon team is touted to reserve one empty seat to represent their customer.

Elsewhere, I found that different cultures have this practice of leaving an empty chair. Read here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know your thoughts about this, but at times talking about someone without them being present feels like gossip to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond the Empty Chair<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Besides the metaphorical representation of our client in an empty chair, there are 2 other ways to bring the voice of the client in the supervisory environment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Have outcomes and alliance graphs in the supervisory conversation,
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  2. Analyse the conversation with session recordings<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    In Reigniting Clinical Supervision (RCS) web-based workshop, I’d teach you how to augment supervision with the use of feedback-informed clinical data, coupled with a specific method to analyse session recordings, using the Impact of Session Grid (ISG).
    More, we’d go into the weeds of not just “coaching for performance” (i.e., helping supervisees<\/pwa> with “one client at a time”), but also “coaching for development” (i.e., helping practitioners move towards their individual frontier by designing individualised learning objectives). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here’s a visual guide of the RCS roadmap:
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    Edward Watkins, leading researcher in the area of clinical supervision reminds us of an obvious but non-trivial point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If we cannot show that supervision affects patient outcome<\/strong> (<\/pwa>emphasis mine), then how can we continue to justify supervision?<\/em> [3]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    The evidence of the impact of our defaults ways in clinical supervision is soberingly weak. A recent replication study on supervisor variance mirrors past findings on that supervision accounts for less than 1% on client outcomes<\/strong>. [4] For more, read this blog, The Scandal of Clinical Supervision (Part I of II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I believe we can change this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    p\/s: Today is the last day (31 July 2020) to sign up for the Reigniting<\/strong> Clinical Supervision<\/strong><\/a> (RCS) web-based workshop. It\u2019s personalised learning, at your own pace, with guidance and a community. It\u2019s not a yearly- subscription. It\u2019s a lifetime access<\/strong>. We hope to see you there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    SIGN UP TO BE A BETTER CLINICAL SUPERVISOR<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Notes<\/strong>:
    [1] Same thing applies if you are conducting supervision virtually. In fact, leave 2 chairs empty. One in the supervisor’s room, the other in the supervisee<\/pwa>‘s.

    [2] https:\/\/www.inc.com\/john-koetsier\/why-every-amazon-meeting-has-at-least-one-empty-chair.html

    [3] p. 238 of Watkins, C. E. (2011). Does Psychotherapy Supervision Contribute to Patient Outcomes? Considering Thirty Years of Research. The Clinical Supervisor, 30(2), 235-256. doi:10.1080\/07325223.2011.619417

    [4] Whipple, J., Hoyt, T., Rousmaniere, T., Swift, J., Pedersen, T., & Worthen, V. (2020). Supervisor Variance in Psychotherapy Outcome in Routine Practice: A Replication. SAGE Open, 10, 215824401989904. doi:10.1177\/2158244019899047

    Photo by\u00a0    Tom van Hoogstraten<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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