At the core of the training delegates attend three two-day modules, taken over a period of 12-15 months. These will prepare candidates to submit for the FLiP Faculty Supervision Diploma - a qualification that we envisage becoming the quality kitemark for supervision in the field of family law. 

 

In addition to the training days you will be receive your own supervision. The costs of the course include for 2 supervision sessions between Modules 1 and 2, then a further three sessions between Modules 2 & 3. 

 

You will also be encouraged and helped to find a maximum of two volunteer supervisees to form a training contract with. 

 

Each training group will be small - a maximum of 15 candidates - and will work as a mutually supportive learning community. 

 

The teaching is highly experiential from the start, using personal experience and role play to introduce and explore the theory of supervision and to forensically examine what the process does, how it works, and how each delegate can personalise it by learning to practise it with their own ‘voice’ and in their own idiom. 

 

You can get further detail on the course page here 

The Family Law Supervision training will teach you how to: 

 

To be awarded the Diploma, you will be required to: 

 

Qualification will be determined through a tutorial process with one of the course facilitators. When you qualify, you will become a member of the Association of Family Law Supervisors (www.familylawsupervisors.co.uk) and will be eligible for inclusion on its register. 

 

To continue to practice as an accredited FLiP Faculty Family Law Supervisor you will also be required to sign up and adhere to our Code of Practice and Ethics for Supervisors. 

Chris Mills is a psychotherapist, family consultant and supervisor. He believes that knowledge of what contributes to healthy and conscious relating provides the bedrock for excellence and success in the work of family law. Chris has been in continuous private practice as a psychotherapist since 1993, working with individuals and couples. Since 2006 he has also worked in interdisciplinary settings alongside family lawyers, attempting to improve the experience of divorce and supporting the healthy reshaping of post-divorce families. As a clinical supervisor, he is the first in the UK to offer psychologically-based supervision to family lawyers. He is the author of The Complete Guide to Divorced Parenting (Camedia Books, 2014) and a regular contributor to the Annalisa Barbieri column in the Guardian Family section. 

 

Zoe Barnes has a passion for people’s mental health and well-being. Her journey began over 25 years ago when she volunteered for SSAFA supporting families within the military and then delivered alternative education programmes to children aged 9-16 who were at risk of or excluded from school. These experiences set Zoe on the path to becoming a qualified therapeutic counsellor and supervisor. She now has a private practice as an integrative therapist, with a focus on Coherence Therapy and seeing both UK and international clients. Zoe also works in the corporate environment where she delivers training, facilitation and therapeutic supervision, working in particular with Law firms, solicitors and barristers. 

 

Andrew Pearce is a Certified Trainer of NLP, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist with over 15 years experience and a Registered Supervisor. He also works as a personal and professional development coach often with senior managers & executives. With his broad spectrum of professional expertise and understanding, he works in a wide variety of areas (including public & private sectors), particularly facilitating change with individuals & groups. He is actively involved in Mediation, Critical Incident support and Collaborative Family Law. He has been interviewed on local & national radio and television on the subject of Life Balance and spoken at Oxford University & Newcastle MBA School about the impact of ambiguity & uncertainty on team dynamics and enabling resilience. His aim is to increase choice for individuals and teams who want the freedom to be authentically who they really are. 

 

Catherine Rodger is a Child and Family Systemic Psychotherapist, a Systemic Supervisor, an academic Tutor and Research Supervisor on systemic postgraduate trainings and an independent Trainer. She worked for many years as a Family Therapist in Child and Adolescent Mental Health services within the NHS in South London in a variety of outpatient and clinic settings. For the last 8 years she has moved into private practice in Kent in a low cost counselling charity.