IAHIP maintains a register of Accredited Supervisors. In order to become an IAHIP Accredited Supervisor you must have met the following criteria:
(a) be an accredited member of IAHIP.
(b) have a minimum number of years of experience of supervised practice as a psychotherapist, after their accreditation by IAHIP or by an equivalent organisation acceptable to IAHIP. Until the end of 2010 the minimum number of years shall be three; thereafter it shall be five.
(c) maintain a psychotherapy practice which they pursue from a humanistic and integrative perspective.
(d) have delivered a minimum of 1200 hours of post-accreditation psychotherapy work.
(e) have successfully completed a supervision training course that meets criteria specified from time to time by IAHIP. (See clause 3 below)
(f) have had at least 2 years experience of giving supervision to a
minimum of 60 hours, including at least 20 hours one-to-one supervision with the same supervisee.
(g) be currently supervising no fewer than 2 individual supervisees.
(h) provide a comprehensive Supervisor’s Report attesting to the quality and quantity of the applicant’s supervisory work and confirming also that the applicant maintains a psychotherapy practice
(i) provide evidence that they currently have appropriate insurance cover for both the psychotherapy and supervision work they are doing.
IAHIP has recently renewed the agreement with IACP regarding “The mutual recognition of each organisation’s accredited Supervisors”. This was signed on 12th April 2012 with a further review to take place in five year’s time.
Apply for Accredited Supervisor
i) Supervision Accreditation Application Form (Version Dec 2011)
ii) Full criteria may be found by clicking the link here: Bye Law 5c - Initial Registration as an IAHIP Accredited Supervisor
Please find a list here of the Accredited Supervisors of IAHIP.
To find a supervisor in your area, use the search form, putting in your area or postcode. Once you have a list of psychotherapists in your area, then click on the word “Supervisor” to see which of them are accredited by IAHIP to be supervisors.
