VERONIKA BASA
Independent Researcher, Author, Presenter, Educator
Research in Supervision
Veronika Basa's research in supervision aims to understand the concepts and mechanisms which underlie the complexities of clinical supervision.
Publications and Presentations
The results of her research in supervision are published. Her articles can be obtained via this website.
Veronika Basa presents at conferences, nationally and internationally
Education and Training
Veronika Basa's passion to share knowledge lead her to design and develop Nationally Accredited Courses within the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) in supervision, as well as workshops, using the latest results of her research.
ABOUT
Veronika Basa is an independent researcher, author, speaker, educator, and course designer, developer, and course author, within the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF), of the first nationally accredited courses in supervision in Australia, the (69828) Certificate IV in Counselling Supervision (AQF level 4, 2007-2010), and the (69795) Graduate Diploma of Counselling Supervision (AQF level 8, 2010-2015).
She is also a member of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice (EJC-TRAP) European and International Advisory Board.
Veronika is the founder of Basa Education and Counselling Services (BECS: 2001 - 2018), offered independent research, counselling, supervision, and education and training within the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF).
She is also the founder of the International Society of Counselling and Clinical Supervisors (ISOCCS: 2012 - 2021), advocated and advanced the supervision profession, promoted excellence in education of supervisors and emphasized the need for ongoing quality professional development and supervision of supervisors, nationally and internationally.
She worked with several Government and Non-government Organizations in the areas of Education: DEST – Commonwealth and State – Indigenous Unit – Monash University of Melbourne, Curtin University of Perth, Chisholm TAFE Institute, and Secondary Colleges; Counselling and Supervision: in Community settings and her private practice.
Thank you for your interest in my work. Should you have any questions about my research, publications, presentations, and education and training in supervision, I’d love to hear from you.
SUPERVISION RESEARCH
Bernard and Goodyear (1998 pg. 6) define supervision as:
“Supervision is an intervention that is provided by a senior member of a profession to a junior member or members of that same profession. This relationship is evaluative, extends over time, and has the simultaneous purposes of enhancing the professional functioning of the junior member(s), monitoring the quality of professional services offered to the clients she, he, or they see(s), and serving as a gatekeeper of those who are to enter the particular profession.”
The literature on supervision is vast, over 20,000 references could be found by searching the literature databases across various disciplines, mostly in the psychotherapy/counselling literature with focus in ethical issues, practice examples, descriptions of models, issues around the specific characteristics of supervision (as it also interacts with management), and the effects/outcomes of supervision.
While the requirement for supervision and any researched outcomes have been slow in coming, the need for regular on-going supervision has been a contentious issue, causing much debate, since the 1980’s (McMahon and Patton 2002).
Currently in Australia, most organisations provide appropriate support in the provision of supervision (internal/external); or educational institutions; or in private practice, the therapist is responsible to organise supervision. Supervision is also a mandatory membership requirement by professional bodies such as the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), the Australian Psychological Society (APS), the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), the Australian Hypnotherapists Association, etc.
Veronika Basa's research in clinical supervision aims to understand the concepts and mechanisms which underlie the complexities of clinical supervision. Some of the topics include: the models of supervision; supervisor-supervisee relationship; types of supervision such as face-to-face, live supervision, self-supervision, peer supervision, group supervision; evaluation; or ethical standards.
Her belief that education and training in supervision is as important as providing effective supervision, her research, and her passion to share knowledge, prompted her to design develop and author nationally accredited educational programs within the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF), as well as workshops for supervisor’s ongoing professional development.
To emphasizes the need for quality education, ongoing professional development, and supervision of supervisors in all work settings, Veronika Basa founded the International Society of Counselling and Clinical Supervisors (ISOCCS), whose initial standards for supervisors will hopefully contribute to the increasing recognition and the status of this specialist field in Australia and internationally.
