Collective wisdom for reflexive practice
Reading what you're bringing…
Selecting your perspectives…
Reading what you're bringing…
Selecting your perspectives…
Pause for a moment. What are you feeling in your body in relation to this situation?
What is the question you have been hoping not to be asked about this?
A live group supervision session in five phases, totalling thirty minutes. The app does not use AI in this mode. It supports the human conversation by holding the structure, the timing, and the lenses.
Supervisee — the coach bringing a case.
Supervisor and Timekeeper — facilitates and holds time.
Observers — each holds one animal lens and listens through it.
1. Set-up and contracting · 3 min
2. Live supervision conversation · 10 min
3. Animal perspectives · 10 min
4. Supervisee reflection · 5 min
5. Closing reflection · 2 min
The supervisee presents their case to the supervisor. Observers listen in silence and notice what arises through their assigned lens.
Each observer holds one of the twelve lenses. Reference your lens here:
Each observer offers their lens questions to the supervisee. The supervisor facilitates — pacing the contributions, holding space for the supervisee to respond, and noticing what is emerging across the perspectives.
The supervisee reflects aloud on what has emerged. Observers and supervisor listen without interjecting.
Possible prompts the supervisor may offer:
Each member offers a brief closing reflection. The supervisee is invited to name one thing they are taking away.
Each animal is a lens — a distinct way of attending to the work. Together they hold the four supervisory domains: formative, normative, restorative, and generative. They are used in all three modes.
These perspectives were originally inspired by the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, reimagined for coaching supervision practice.
The Supervision Council uses twelve animal perspectives, each representing a distinct supervisory lens, to help coaches think more broadly about their cases and practice. It has three functional modes: Supervision Prep (preparing for a human supervision session), Self-Supervision (structured reflective practice between sessions), and Group Supervision (supporting a live group supervision session). In the two AI-powered modes, the app reads what you have written and selects the most relevant lenses, generating coaching questions tailored to your specific situation.
A structured reflective space between supervision sessions. Multiple perspectives on a single situation. Coaching questions that may surface what has not yet been examined. A preparation tool that helps you arrive at human supervision more focused and articulate.
The app is not supervision. It cannot replicate the relational, parallel process, or accountability dimensions of human supervision.
It has no memory between sessions and cannot track themes or development over time.
It cannot replace the professional judgment of a qualified supervisor.
It should not be used as a substitute for human supervision, particularly where ethical concerns, safeguarding issues, or significant professional risk are present.
The twelve animal perspectives were originally inspired by the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, reimagined for coaching supervision practice.
Content submitted to the app is processed by an external AI language model. Please do not include identifying information about your clients. Sessions are not stored — the app holds nothing between visits.
If your situation involves a safeguarding concern, risk of serious harm, suicidal ideation, or a significant ethical dilemma, please seek human supervision or appropriate professional support directly. The app will flag language of this kind, but the responsibility to act sits with you.