HG Supervisor Training new
Do you have the skills and experience it takes to become a Human Givens Supervisor? Would you like to take your HG career to the next level?
Course Factfile
HG Supervisor Training
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Course Dates: see below
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Length: 6 days (9.30am – 5.30pm)
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Venue: Bristol
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Tutors: Julian Penton, Rosalind Townsend
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Course requirements: See below
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Qualification: HG Supervisor / Supervisor-tutor
- Price: £2,495 per person
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE - price includes all tuition, ongoing assessment, refreshments and lunch each day.
This intensive 6 days of tuition, feedback, skills practise, home study/reflection and ongoing assessment is your route to becoming a fully-qualified human givens supervisor.
Effective supervision offers many opportunities for learning and growth, as well as providing invaluable support. Successfully completing this training will enable you to work as a supervisor-tutor with Part 3 trainees and as a supervisor with qualified HG therapists.
What you will learn
- What HG supervision is and an understanding of the governance framework
- A structured approach to supporting a trainee though Part 3
- How to support an experienced therapist
- How learning and memory works and why this matters
- How to use a range of supervisory approaches, methods and techniques
- How to assess and give feedback and how to notice if that has been received
- A deeper understanding of ethics, your role and your responsibilities
- How to address concerns about supervisees
- How to support a supervisee who is subject to a complaint
Limited places
Please note: There are only 14 places available on this course, all subject to the application process – successful applicants will be allocated a place in order of application.
How you will be assessed
This course is designed to enhance the growth and development of your knowledge and skills, your understanding and practice and to assess your competence as a supervisor-tutor. It is therefore a combination of assessment and learning.
Throughout the course, therapists practise and demonstrate through discussion, exploration and reflection, a broad range of skills and topics. Assessment will be on-going throughout the course by the two highly experienced tutors and you will also be given feedback from your peers and the experienced facilitators.
Why apply
Becoming a supervisor isn’t just about taking the next step; being a good supervisor also brings with it a wealth of new opportunities:
- Collaborative working
- Own learning and development
- Stretch and challenge – in a different way to therapy
- Career progression
- Additional income
- Quarterly CPD events
- Annual Supervisors’ CPD day
- Supervisors Peer Group
Deadline for applications:
Monday 31st March 2025 (please note – places will be allocated on a ‘first-come, first-serve’ basis following successful application) – how to apply.
Course requirements:
- To apply, you must be an experienced HG therapist who has delivered a minimum of 1,000 sessions of one-to-one HG therapy and is registered with the HGI
- You must have the support of your supervisor/s, and
- Submit the information required by the application process by the deadline (31st March 2025).
- Please note – as places on each course are limited, applicants will be considered on a ‘first-come, first-serve’ basis.
Course Dates
The HG Supervisor course is made up of two blocks of 3 days, held approx. a month apart. We typically run our supervisor training once every 18–24 months.
Next course:
Part 1: Thursday 22nd–Saturday 24th May 2025
Part 2: Thursday 10th–Saturday 12th July 2025
Venue: Engineers House, Clifton Down, Bristol
Please note: There are only 14 places available on this course, all subject to the application process.
Register your interest
If you are interested in becoming an HG Supervisor and would like to apply for the next course, please complete the form below to let us know.
Meet your tutors
Julian Penton
Julian is a Human Givens (HG) practitioner who for the past 20 years has been mentoring HG therapists, teaching various HG seminars & workshops and delivering the HG College’s HG supervision training course.
Rosalind Townsend
Ros Townsend is an experienced psychotherapist and supervisor with busy practices in SW England, where she combines private therapy work with referrals from Occupational Health and the NHS.