The sensitive clinical supervisor

Carolyn Hastie Senior Lecturer, Midwifery, School of Health and Human Science, Southern

Cross UniversityRM, RN, IBCLC, MPhil, Dip Teach, Grad Dip PHC, Cert FPA,

PhD candidate, Fellow ACM

Psychophysiology & Neuroscience

• Brain development• Emotions• Mirror neurons• Neural networks• Learning process• Gut feelings• SCARF model

Emotions are the body’s currency

Core emotional needs John Heron 1981

1.Love.

2.Understanding

3.Choice

Love

to love and be loved – to give and receive caring, affection, warmth,

appreciation, support

Understanding

to understand and be understood – to have a grasp of what is going on

Choice

to choose and be chosen – to be able to take part in the decisions that affect

our lives – to be chosen as someone special because of our own particular

gifts or qualities.

4 Key Emotional and Social Competencies (of 21)

The capacity to:• Recognise our own emotions and

feelings• Manage ourselves effectively• Recognise others’ emotions and

feelings• Interact with others effectively

Dubin’s Model of Learning

Unconscious Incompetence

Conscious Incompetence

Conscious Competence

Unconscious Competence

Trust

An inner security based on an outer relationship

Your role is key

What you do matters

“The shortest distance

between two people is a

smile”Victor Borge 1909 - 2000

SCARFA brain based model for collaborating with and influencing others

S = StatusC = CertaintyA = AutonomyR = RelationshipsF = Fair

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