Supervision Overview – What to expect in these two semesters?
A semester of supervision comprises five group meetings, each lasting four working hours. The supervision for the online course will also take place online, with dates being coordinated with the respective group.
During these sessions, participants present their supervision examples for discussion.
Our practical units, supervision and conversation training, are available only after successfully completing five semesters of foundational theoretical studies. This ensures that students have the necessary theoretical foundation to fully benefit from hands-on practice.
Course of study
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How do I find a supervision topic?
How can I find a supervision topic? For those working in therapy or counseling, it’s relatively straightforward as they encounter numerous themes in their daily professional lives. However, we also welcome any questions or issues arising from everyday life, whether in business, work, school, community, clubs, or elsewhere.
You can uncover topics by reading newspapers and encountering local human dramas, conflict situations, or exemplary actions. For instance, a Greek teacher once delved into myths and discovered timeless human issues.
You can also explore the life stories of individuals portrayed in film or literature.
Additionally, you can work on your own logotherapy project within a meditation circle or community group.
You have the option to present a successful or unsuccessful case study, a planned future intervention, or a logotherapeutic commentary on a topic.
The essence of all these topics should center around applied logotherapy, integrating theoretical knowledge with real-life situations or fundamental human questions. With a solid theoretical background, you should demonstrate your ability to connect your knowledge with practical inquiries.
How does it work in practice?
At least one week before the supervision session, you’ll submit your topic. You’ll introduce the theme you’ve been working on and illustrate how you’ve connected it with elements of logotherapy.
Please include two short or longer sections for this purpose, and feel free in their design. It’s crucial that you provide enough foundational information so that our meeting can immediately dive into a meaningful discussion based on your input.
Two main points should be prepared:
- A diagnostic examination of the topic, perhaps including the history of a mental illness or an analysis of the chosen issue. It’s essential to clarify: What precisely is the problem requiring a solution?
- The next step is: How can the problem be improved or solved using elements/methods/focus/thought from logotherapy? What assistance can be offered, and what solutions are suggested?
These two main points should be present in all materials submitted for group supervision, as they demonstrate precisely how Logo theory intersects with real-life situations.
As you open your „logotherapeutically trained eyes,“ you’ll soon realize that the world is brimming with topics where we can contribute from a logotherapy perspective. You’ll also encounter a plethora of human destinies and life stories to which logotherapy offers helpful, healing insights.
This is what our participants say
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Dr. med. Klaus Baumann
Specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy - Potsdam
In this online course, Dr. Heidi Schönfeld, in collaboration with Mr. Alexander Vesely-Frankl, to convey the great ideas of Frankl's logotherapy in a lively and true to the original way using Elisabeth Lukas's well-thought-out curriculum.
I wish this extraordinary project much success!
Horst Schmid
The lectures on the individual topics are easy to understand, comprehensive and in-depth. The practical examples, which you often tell with shining eyes, are very vivid and clear, and also show the enthusiasm with which you teach logotherapy.
Laura Sebestyén-Kohler
Art and creativity promotion, art therapy
Logotherapy is a very enriching philosophy of life, close to people and friendly to people. In this lecture cycle you will receive a really well-founded explanation of the basics, completely unadulterated and still very close to Viktor Frankl's texts. You can build on this foundation wonderfully, enrich it with your own thinking, life and work and incorporate it into all areas of your life, private and professional. It's worth investing the time, you'll be rewarded richly.
Thank you for all your dedication and effort, Dr. Schönfeld!
