Mental techniques & professional reflection
Supervision
What is Supervision?
- What is Supervision for?
- Guided reflection on one's professional practice
- Is Supervision legally regulated?
- A distinct counselling format with recognised trainings, represented by the Austrian Association for Supervision and Coaching (ÖVS).
- Does Supervision treat illnesses?
- No, professional reflection, not treatment
Supervision is reflection on one’s own work. Individuals or teams look, with guidance, at burdensome situations, roles, collaboration and difficult cases, above all in helping and social professions.
It is a distinct counselling format with recognised trainings and a professional association, the ÖVS. It is often paid for by the employer or organisation.
Supervision is not therapy. It strengthens professional capacity and prevents overload, but it does not treat illness.
What is allowed
- Accompany individuals and teams in their work
- Reflect on difficult cases, roles and collaboration
- Prevent overload and strengthen capacity to act
Where are the limits?
- No treatment of mental illness
- No diagnosis, no therapy
- Refers to therapy or counselling for personal illness
How to recognise quality
- Recognised supervision training, e.g. to ÖVS standard
- Clear mandate and confidentiality
- Separates reflection on work from personal therapy
- Refers on in case of illness
How it works
- Mandateclarify goal and framework
- Supervisionregular reflective sessions
- Transfercarry insights into the work
- Endingtake stock
Costs & insurance
Fees set freelyapprox. 100 to 180 € per session
Team supervisionby effort
Employersoften pay for it
Tax deductibleas a business expense if work-related