Refresh Reset: Supportive Supervision in Education

20/10/2025

Orygen has two digital mental health products - MOST and Mello - that have gone from research to real-life support for young people experiencing mental ill health.

In a time where some AI tools are giving extremely concerning and harmful advice, instead encourage students to use digital technologies that have undergone robust testing.

Follow the links to find out more:

Orygen https://www.orygen.org.au/
MOST: https://www.most.org.au/
Mello: https://www.mello.org.au/

Which evidence-based mental health apps do your students find helpful

15/10/2025

I wanted to share with you my personal reflections as a supervisee within my closed group supervision. It's become one of the most transformative spaces in my professional journey, and these sessions have fundamentally shaped how I show up – both for myself and my own supervisees.

There's something profound about having a space where you can truly exhale. Where you can take off your "counsellor hat" and be vulnerable, messy, and human. Where your unconscious can speak through a drawing of a bright yellow sun before your conscious mind catches up.

You can read my reflection on my website: https://refreshreset.com.au/blog/my-personal-reflection

If you're a counsellor, supervisor, or wellbeing professional, I hope this resonates.

The Language of the Unconscious There's something profound about working with a supervisor who understands that our deepest insights rarely emerge through linear, conscious thought alone. In our closed group sessions, I've come to appreciate how expressive therapies create a bridge between what we

08/10/2025

The Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) is a tool I used when working within schools, to assist me to check in with my students.

If you're a School Counsellor, and interested in this useful resource, you can find out more here:

https://corc.uk.net/outcome-measures-guidance/directory-of-outcome-measures/outcome-rating-scale-ors-child-outcome-rating-scale-cors/

02/10/2025

3 resources EVERY School Counsellor needs...

What would you add to this list? Share your essential resources below and let's support each other 💪

30/09/2025

If you've reached the holidays and are feeling exhausted, take it as the sign it is.

And reach out for help. I'm here...

28/09/2025

I finally watched ‘SEEN The film’ and it is everything I had read about and more. It’s a beautifully crafted documentary.

My takeaways:

🟡 ‘Neuroplasticity is facing the discomfort and opening the treasure box and rewiring.’

🟡 ‘Let go of thinking there is one reality.’

🟡 ‘If I am being seen, really seen and heard and understood, I can heal the brain and recreate those safe neural pathways so I can then give to my children.’

Grab a cuppa and book a ticket here:

A groundbreaking documentary exploring the transformative power of personal healing for parents and its impact on child brain development.

23/09/2025

Look closely!

This Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP), or ‘golden spike’, is one of only 13 in the world designating the boundaries between official Periods of geological time and is currently the only known one in the Southern hemisphere.

This GSSP marks the base of the Ediacaran Period at 635 million years ago! Below the GSSP is the Elatina Formation, a ‘tillite’ composed of sand and rocks transported by glaciers. Immediately above are buff-coloured carbonate rocks of the Nuccaleena Formation, representing a shift from glacial ‘icehouse’ to warm ‘greenhouse’ conditions.

And it’s right here in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia!

Hiking sparks a sense of awe for me.

What sparks awe for you?

16/09/2025

Gather a group of 3-4 school counsellors and let’s chat...

But what are the benefits of Group Clinical Supervision?

🟡 Professional Development and Skill Enhancement

Group supervision provides school counsellors with diverse perspectives on challenging cases and interventions. Colleagues can share different approaches, techniques, and resources they've found effective, allowing counsellors to expand their toolkit and refine their practice.

🟡 Reduced Professional Isolation and Burnout

School counselling can be emotionally demanding and isolating work. Group supervision creates a supportive community where counsellors can process difficult cases, share frustrations, and receive validation from peers who understand their unique challenges. This peer support system helps prevent burnout and maintains emotional wellbeing throughout demanding periods.

🟡 Enhanced Problem-Solving Through Multiple Perspectives

When counsellors present challenging cases or ethical dilemmas to the group, they benefit from multiple viewpoints and creative solutions. Different team members may notice aspects of a situation that others missed or suggest interventions based on their own experiences. This collective wisdom often leads to more comprehensive and effective approaches to student support.

🟡 Cost-Effective

Professional Support Group supervision is cheaper than individual. One supervisor can support multiple counsellors simultaneously, and peer learning reduces the individual supervision time needed while maintaining professional accountability and growth opportunities.

If you and your colleagues would like to know more, please reach out:

🌐 refreshreset.com.au
📞 0458 760 872
📧 cathy@refreshreset.com.au

13/09/2025

I've been noticing something interesting lately - most of my new supervision clients are School Counsellors and Wellbeing Staff working in Department of Education schools, both here in South Australia and right across Australia.

Is it because of the increased awareness and advocacy about the National Standards for Counsellors and Psychotherapists? Public safety and quality care are at the heart of trying to ensure counsellors are accredited and registered. Registration with a peak body, at the very least, ensures counsellors and psychotherapists have undergone postgraduate study, continuous professional learning and they are engaging in regular supervision.

On behalf of my new and existing clients, thank you to the School Principals out there, for not only supporting your wellbeing staff, but strongly encouraging them to participate in supervision, for overtly acknowledging the depth and complexity of their work, and advocating for safety and sustainability in their roles.

If you're a Principal in a school and you’d like to know more, let's chat.

Book a free Inquiry call here: https://calendly.com/cathy-refreshreset/new-client-inquiry-zoom-call

Department for Education, South Australia

11/09/2025

Black Dog Institute has developed an incredible resource, Navigating Burnout, which can be found on its website: https://burnout.blackdoginstitute.org.au/ #/

It's divided into 9 sections, and each section can be completed independently of the others. I like that it’s not necessary to complete the sections in order, and you can pick and choose what might best suit you and your needs.

Each section takes approximately 15 minutes.

Some of the topics include understanding burnout, how to set and communicate limits, how to rediscover what drives you and how to lead a team through burnout.

It's absolutely worth a look.

09/09/2025

The truth about Mindfulness and Trauma - a free webinar by David Treleaven.

I’ve completed a few of David Treleaven’s webinars, always gaining practical interventions that are representative of Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness.

I’ve put the link here for a free webinar advertised on his website.

It’s so important that if we as educators and school counsellors incorporate mindfulness, that we are also trauma aware.

I hope you, too, find this useful.

Mindfulness Practice Can Be Healing — or Harmful — for Trauma Survivors Learn how to offer mindfulness-based practices with skill and care The truth about Mindfulness and Trauma:A Free webinar with david treleaven, phd: ACCESS THE FREE WEBINAR When it comes to trauma, mindfulness requires specia...

02/09/2025

🚫 STOPP – A CBT strategy applicable to children and young people alike, to assist with making more mindful decisions.

- Stop
- Take a breath
- Observe
- Pull back (or Put in Perspective)
- Practice (or Proceed with what works)