"Super-vision for all?" - How to deal with a stressful job (with Yannick Jacob)

Hello fellow Pub Psychologists!

We're back for an in person event next week (!) as our friend Yannick is visiting London, so in this PubPsychology session we want to discuss what people with stressful and demanding jobs can do to better deal with the psychological impact of their work, and whether there's something we can learn from supervision as it is practiced in therapy, counselling, social work or coaching.

Yannick says:

In my ideal world, everybody would have a supervisor. And I don't mean someone who's breathing down your neck and telling you how to do things, punishing you when your work isn't meeting expectations - but someone to hold space for you to reflect on your work; to help you learn, grow and navigate your career; to release some of the stress that follows from your work; to have a rant about a co-worker or client; to keep an eye on your wellbeing; and perhaps to offer some helpful advice from someone who's perhaps a little more experienced. Ultimately, such a supervisor will help you do your best work, align with ethical principles and keep an eye on both your performance and your psychological wellbeing.

In therapy, counselling and social work, supervision is well established and an integral part of the work, even an requirement. In fields like coaching it's in the process of establishing itself. But what about teachers, politicians, parents, lawyers and all the others who work with people in psychological contact?! Is it a good idea? Is it something that can be funded? Are there alternative ways to make such a service available to those who need it. And shoudn't everybody WANT a supervisor?

Joining us from his new home in Berlin is our friend Yannick Jacob. Yannick is a Coach, Trainer & Supervisor with Masters degrees in Existential Coaching and Applied Positive Psychology. He is part of the teaching faculties at Cambridge University and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and he’s the Course Director of the School of Positive Transformation’s Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching, for which he gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches and earliest pioneers. Formerly Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London, Yannick now presents at conferences internationally and his book, An Introduction to Existential Coaching, was published by Routledge, and his introductory self-study online course on the subject is now live. Committed to helping other coaches be the best coaches they can be, Yannick founded and hosts Yannick’s Coaching Lab which gives novice and seasoned coaches an opportunity to witness experienced coaches live in action, and he is the host of Animas Centre for Coaching's popular podcast Coaching Uncaged, as well as his own podcasts Talking about Coaching and Talking about Coaching and Psychedelics.

Venue: The Gregorian Pub – Bermondsey, 96 Jamaica Road, London SE16 4SQ. We will be in an allocated room by the entrance. Nearest Underground Station: Bermondsey on the Jubilee Line. Only 3-5 minute walk. https://thegregorian.co.uk/

Pricing: £10 for reasonable wage earners or £5 concessions (for concession tickets, just come and pay in cash before or after the session. We run an honesty system).