Supervision for Coaches

Supervision is a powerful reflective practice for coaches, bringing accountability to their clients, business, and personal development

Join my monthly drop-in group supervision sessions for affordable coaching supervision.

Interested in 1:1 supervision? More information here and email me to apply for the waiting list.

ICF defines coaching supervision as:

  • Exploring the coach’s internal process through reflective practice
  • Reviewing the coaching agreement and any other psychological or physical contacts, both implicit and explicit
  • Uncovering blind spots
  • Unpacking ethical issues
  • Ensuring the coach is “fit for purpose” and offering accountability
  • Looking at all aspects of the coach and client’s environment for opportunities for growth in the system

Research by the International Coaching Psychology Review identified that coaches committing to regular supervision gained:

  • Increased self-awareness
  • Greater confidence
  • Increased objectivity
  • Heightened sense of belonging
  • Reduced feelings of isolation
  • Increased resourcefulness

Supervision is different from mentoring

With supervision we will:

  • Discuss client case studies
  • Unpack ethical dilemmas
  • Work on your business mindset
  • Guidance & motivation for professional development (credentials, training)
  • Celebrate your successes

Supervision definitions from the ICF Supervision Panel:

  • “partnering in a reflective dialogue”
  • “compassionate curiosity and reflection”
  • “openness and vulnerability”
  • “oxygen for your practice – bringing hope, confidence, peace”
  • “move from Doing into Being”
  • “broader awareness and multidimensional perspective”   

Supervisees can use their supervision in two ways towards achieving their credentials:

  1. Ten supervision hours can go towards your Continued Coach Education (CCE) credentialing hours in the area of Core Competency
  2. Your supervisor may also be a mentor (I am both!) and can carry out your ten mentor hours required for your credentialing

Mentoring is focused on giving constructive feedback and guidance to support coaches in achieving their ICF credentials (ACC, PCC, MCC). The coach submits a session recording and the mentor provides feedback tailored to the specific credential level. Or the coach brings a client into the mentor session, and after the client has left, the mentor provides their feedback. One of the credentialing requirements is to obtain 10 mentor hours, of which at least three must be 1:1 mentoring, and seven can be group mentoring. Of course, you could make all ten hours 1:1 sessions for maximum impact! I am a coach supervisor and mentor.

COACHING SUPERVISION REVIEWS

Ali Hendry’s coaching supervision is a transformative experience. She brings a blend of warmth, expertise, and insight that provides a safe space for exploration and growth. Ali’s guidance is both gentle and challenging, allowing for deep self-reflection and enhanced clarity in one’s coaching practice. Her supervision fosters a sense of empowerment and professional integrity, making each session invaluable. Padma Levy, ICF Credentialed Coach, France

I wanted to say a proper thank you for the session on Friday. It felt really well structured, to the point and very useful! I liked the summary slides at the beginning which prompted me to explore an entirely different topic than the one I had in mind and which gave me a way forwards and an ability to get closure on a previous experience with a challenging client. Many, many thanks for this. Victoria Ramsden, Executive Coach, UK

Ali is focused and laser sharp during ICF supervision sessions. This is both credit to her intellect, decades of experience in the coaching industry, as well as a sincere passion and authentic love for supporting new and practicing coaches. There is a clear pathway and process for each session, which enables you a reliable entry point to join any session, and Ali’s exquisite questions alone could stand as a class on their own. If you have been searching for an ICF coach supervisor to sharpen your coaching practice, you can dead stop with Ali; you are certain to learn as much about ICF coaching as you do yourself as a coach. bec mendoza, Certified Stone Medicine Practitioner & Certified Holistic Coach, USA

What sets Ali’s supervision apart, beyond her warm, humorous, magnetic energy, is how she provides it within very clearly defined structures that provide a space that honors individual identities and experiences with protections while creating room for learning and collective engagement. Ali has the experience and training to provide supervision that allows for coaching, coach mentoring, case work and a wide range of support that makes her an invaluable asset for any coach looking for supervision. E Fawkes, Inclusive Wellness Coach, USA


ICF UK CHARTER CHAPTER GROUP SUPERVISION


It was great – straight to the point, timely, well managed, fun, and insightful
The session was excellent. Thank you Ali! Business Coach, UK


AREA: Reflecting on my own practice/learning from others. OUTCOMES: Confidence to sit with something, to call it out, to learn more. Confidence that ‘it’s not just me’ who has these challenges. Ellen Aindow, Life and Leadership Coach, UK


AREA: Discussing a challenging corporate client who is potentially a candidate for therapy. OUTCOMES: Some fantastic insights into my approach and confidence building in the way I’d handled it with some reflection points for growth. ICF Business Coach, UK


AREA: Managing a three-party conversation with sponsoring entity. OUTCOMES: Gaining clarity of purpose, structure, stronger coaching mindset. ICF Executive Coach, UK


AREA: EDI with coaching. OUTCOMES: Reflecting on my mindset in coaching – what am I blocking and acknowledging need to make adjustments in coach for things like ADHD. ICF Inclusion Coach & Facilitator, UK


AREA: Contracting with an organisation and the role of the coach in the third-party relationship. OUTCOME: The second session was particularly helpful and it would be helpful to delve further on this. Michelle Lawton, Executive Coach, UK

Join my monthly drop-in group supervision sessions for affordable group supervision.

Interested in 1:1 coaching supervision? More information here and email me to apply for the waiting list.