20 reasons I love group supervision

Whether or not you engage with it, or even have access to it in your current role, most helping professionals would agree that individual supervision is an important part of doing this work of helping others well. What about group supervision? There are so many benefits and joys in group supervision. Take a look below to see all there is to love about group supervision, both as a group supervisor and group supervisee.

What is there to love about group supervision?

1. Seeing connection & trust develop between participants over time.
2. The sharing and upholding of collective ethics; a place to be clear, ethical and keep each other accountable in the work.
3. Moments of shared joy & pride in the work (that is usually celebrated alone).
4. The sense of relief that participants show when they are leaving a session with confidence & direction.
5. Embracing the whole person in supervision - making space for the personal, the professional, and the context and environments in which we work.
6. The passionate, in-depth & animated discussions that unfold.
7. How similar we all are (it seems the imposter, the perfectionist, the people pleaser, self doubt and empathic strain well and truly alive in the world of helping professionals!).
8. Holding & prioritising our humanity in the mix of complex lives, messy systems, lack of workplace supports & a world in flux.
9. The contrasting moments of quiet (personal creative reflection) and the loudness of laughter & vibrant sharing.
10. The sharing, the insight and realisations that ‘it’s not just me’ and sense of being part of a group that ‘gets it’. There's nothing quite like this sort of collegiality and have a peer group / a home team you can come back to, and rely upon for support.
11. A soft place to land, and the space to have brave explorations and conversations. A place to gather, to connect, to be vulnerable, to be strong and to shoulder each other up.
12. The practice wisdom and dedication to quality, positive outcomes offers such richness, growth & learning for all.
13. The diversity of practitioners, workplaces approaches in these multidisciplinary groups.
14. The way participants hold space for each other with respect and care through tears, laughter, silliness, seriousness & everything in between.
15. The reflective space & designated time keeping it offers practitioners each month to make way for what they need, for themselves & the people with whom they work.
16. The love for the work that participants share, & the commitment to helping to improve the lives of others.
17. Creative exploration: the insights that unfold as we explore through creativity and the body: outside of the narrow focus of the left brain, into the expansion of the right brain.
18. Group supervision is more affordable and therefore more accessible than individual supervision.
19. Brains trust! Two or three brains are better than one, but in group supervision here at Tempo you have up to six other brains to draw upon: a plethora of shared resources, experience, training, insights and perspectives.
20. Making space to notice, acknowledge, connect with and strategise how to navigate the soup of complex, humanity that we're all sitting in this work of helping others.

If you are interested in accessing this sort of connection, community & support, join us now in group supervision, starting late July 2025!

Register for group supervision here - starting late July 2025!

Whilst both of our Thursday groups are now full, we have a little space left in the following groups:

• Wednesday evening group (6 - 8pm - HOBART only), commencing July 23 - see more here.
• Friday afternoon group (1.30 - 3pm AEST), commencing July 25 - see more here.