This specialist 12-month Level 6 CPCAB approved training is delivered online has been redesigned to reflect the evolving demands of modern therapeutic practice, equipping experienced counsellors and relationship therapists with the confidence, knowledge, and practical skills to become highly effective clinical supervisors.
The course blends contemporary supervision theory with experiential learning, enabling you to develop a distinctive supervisory style grounded in ethical practice, reflexivity, diversity awareness, and professional excellence. Whether you work with individuals, couples, families, or across specialist therapeutic settings, this programme will help you transition from experienced practitioner to skilled and respected supervisor.
Why Choose Relate?
The programme places real-world supervisory practice at its core. You'll learn how to create meaningful supervisory relationships, support practitioner development, manage complex ethical challenges, and enhance client outcomes through effective supervision.
Throughout six online training blocks, you will explore:
• Contemporary models and theories of supervision
• Ethical and legal frameworks for supervisory practice
• Diversity, difference, power and anti-oppressive practice
• Group supervision and facilitation skills
• Supervising across therapeutic modalities
• Reflexivity, self-awareness and professional development
• Research-informed approaches to supervision
• Managing risk, safeguarding and professional boundaries
Our experiential approach ensures you leave with both the theoretical understanding and practical competence required to supervise confidently in a range of professional settings.
Clinical Placement Requirements
To strengthen professional readiness and align with current supervisory standards, learners are required to complete:
• 25 hours of offering clinical supervision to qualified or trainee counsellors and psychotherapists
• A minimum of 5 hours of supervision of supervision with an experienced clinical supervisor (minimum 1:5 ratio)
Entry Requirements
This diploma is designed for experienced practitioners who are ready to take the next step in their professional development.
Applicants must hold:
• A Level 5 Diploma or higher in the counselling modality they wish to supervise
• A minimum of 300 clinically supervised client hours completed post-qualification
• Satisfactory references from a current employer and/or current clinical supervisor
These requirements ensure all participants enter the programme with a strong foundation of therapeutic experience, allowing learning to operate at an advanced professional level.
Teaching & Assessment
The programme combines taught training days, skills practice, peer learning, reflective development, supervision experience, and assessment activities designed to deepen your professional competence.
You will critically examine your own supervisory work, develop a coherent theoretical framework, strengthen your decision-making skills, and learn how to support supervisees through complexity, uncertainty, and growth.
Assessment includes reflective assignments, skills-based evaluations, case study presentations, and a professional portfolio that evidences your development as a supervisor.
Course fees
£2875 (instalments option available)
Course Dates:
| Dates |
Block 1 | Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 October 2026 |
Block 2 | Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 November 2026 |
Block 3 | Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 January 2027 |
Block 4 | Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 February 2027 |
Block 5 | Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 April 2027 |
Block 6 | Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 May 2027 |
How to apply
Take the next step in your professional journey and become the supervisor that practitioners trust, value, and seek out. Apply now by emailing us at: training@relate.org.uk
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