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This experiential day long workshop is designed for counselling supervisors, trainee supervisors and counselling practitioners with at least 3 years post-qualifying experience who wish to explore and integrate spirituality into their current and future supervision practice. The course will explore the mystical aspects of supervision, allowing participants to tap into their innate spirituality and create a more holistic and transformative supervision space. You do not have to have a faith or adhere to any religious philosophy in order to benefit from this course.

 

Working with spiritual, soulful and mystical dimensions of experience can be both rich and vulnerable. This is a space for curiosity rather than certainty — where different beliefs, worldviews and ways of knowing can be explored without requiring participants to adopt a particular spiritual framework.

We will hold the work with respect, ethical awareness and clinical discernment, while allowing room for the dimensions of experience that professional language does not always easily contain.

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Aims of the Course

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• Explore how spirituality, soul and symbolic experience may already be present within supervision.

• Develop deeper awareness of embodied, intuitive and imaginal forms of knowing, alongside greater discernment around their use in practice.

• Examine the role of the supervisor's own inner experience, including shadow, projection and discernment.

• Experiment with metaphor, image, story and creative practice as pathways for reflection and meaning-making.

• Explore depth psychological perspectives on psyche, soul, symbol and the imaginal, and how they may enrich our understanding of the supervisory relationship.

• Practise holding experiences of mystery without prematurely interpreting, explaining or imposing meaning.

• Encounter the Ancient Mother Spiral™, an evolving alchemical framework developed by Maria for exploring cycles of descent, dissolution, gestation, emergence and renewal.

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Practicalities

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Venue: The Sand & Sound Centre, Digital House, 35 Ridling Lane, Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester SK14 1NP 

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Date/Time: October 11th 2026  

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Full fee: £135 

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£65 Deposit to secure your place

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    8 places available

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Refreshments/lunch:  

 

Abundant refreshments will be available throughout the day. Lunch is not included, you can bring your own or buy lunch in shops nearby.

CPD Certificates will be issued in electronic format.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS OF BOOKING

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1. By booking you are confirming that you are either a qualified/trainee clinical supervisor or a counsellor/psychotherapist/ psychologist with at least 3 years of clinical experience.

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2. Your place is not confirmed until the deposit is paid.

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2. The balance of £70is payable at least 1 month before the workshop, i.e. by 12th November 2026, via bank transfer. 

3. The deposit is not refundable but in case of cancellations before 12th of November may be partially transferable to a future event (minus £15 admin fee) - after that date there will be no refunds for any reason.

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FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS

 

EH - Lecturer, Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor

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'Today I was fortunate enough to have attended the dreamiest CPD event at Sand & Sound Centre. The one day training delved deep into the spiritual and soulful aspects of supervision, offering a refreshing and profound perspective on the role of a counselling supervisor.The trainers, Masha Bennett and Maria Kefalogianni, are exceptionally knowledgeable and engaging, seamlessly blending their lived experience with insightful and practical applications. Their ability to weave mystical elements into the supervision process was both enlightening and inspiring. The small group discussions and interactive sessions with sand tray and sound provided ample opportunities for reflection and personal growth, allowing exploration into the deeper dimensions of our experiences and consideration of its impact on both supervisees and clients.What stood out most was the supportive and nurturing environment created by Masha and Maria. There was a strong sense of community and shared purpose among peers, fostering meaningful connections and discussions. I’m looking forward seeing to how this training develops over time and would highly recommend to any counselling supervisor looking to deepen their practice and connect with the more spiritual and mystical aspects of their work.

It was an enriching day that will have a lasting positive impact on my professional practice.' 

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SL - Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor, Healer

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'Yesterday, I attended a beautiful workshop called Alchemy and Spirituality for Supervision at the Sound and Sand Centre in Hyde, Greater Manchester.

We explored right-brain processes through creative expression - using sandtrays, art materials, and storytelling - to deepen our ability to connect with supervisees and clients on a soul level. It brought an extra touch of magic to the work, opening up new possibilities.

We also learned how to use stories as powerful metaphors to reach the unconscious mind—while being mindful not to overcomplicate the process.

One quote from a fellow participant really resonated with me: “We forget we are hiding and feel lost instead.”It made me reflect on how I can further integrate Shamanic practices - working with the elements of earth, air, fire, and water on the Medicine Wheel - as metaphors in supervision and therapy.

For a long time, I hid behind traditional counselling models. Now I embrace them and mix them with years of energy and Shamanic work. That blend - that alchemy - is where the transformation happens.

I’ve come away from the workshop full of ideas and inspiration to work in ways that transcend the limits of our everyday awareness—offering clients and supervisees the opportunity to go deeper.'