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Episode 47Coaching demo59 min

Supervision Demo with Pictures and Dr. Nannette Reuther

with Dr. Nannette Reuther, Supervisorin, Coach, Organisationsberaterin

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A coaching podcast with Dr. Nannette Reuther and Tobias Weghorn. In this episode, Tobias brings two real client cases to explore what coaching supervision looks like in practice, including a supervision demo for coaches using images and metaphor. You’ll hear how supervision helps coaches notice when they’re taking over “the steering wheel,” and how simple ICF core competencies contracting can reset the partnership when sessions start to feel heavy. Along the way, Dr. Reuther shares practical ways to use coaching with images to bypass pure logic, access emotions, and build accountability.


Key Learnings:

  • Use coaching supervision to spot early warning signs you’re “doing the work for the client” (busy, heavy, exhausting) and pause to re-center in the coach role.
  • Re-contract in the moment using ICF core competencies contracting: clarify where the client wants to “drive,” what they need right now (venting vs. moving forward), and what role they want you to play.
  • Try coaching with images to shift from analysis to emotion: ask the client (or supervisee) what the image evokes, then use it as an accountability anchor for the next session (helpful alongside inner team model coaching when clients stay overly cognitive).


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Episode Chapters:

00:00 When Coaching Starts Feeling Like Work

01:00 Why Coaching Supervision Matters (And Why Tobi Finally Tried It)

06:00 Coaching with Images: Why Pictures Bypass Logic and Create Accountability

09:00 A Supervision Demo for Coaches: Using a Library Image in Group Supervision

13:00 Case 1: The “Storyteller” Client and Letting Go of the Steering Wheel

20:00 ICF Core Competencies Contracting in the Moment (Where Does the Client Want to Drive?)

24:00 Coach Position vs. Personal Patterns: “Put Your Baggage in the Trunk”

31:00 Case 2: Inner Team Model Coaching Meets a Very Rational Client

36:00 Coffee-Spilling Metaphor: When Coaching Feels Exhausting

40:00 Re-Contracting So You’re Coach, Not Consultant

53:00 How to Get Started with Coaching Supervision (Accredited Supervisors, Groups, Budget)

Transcript

Full transcript, edited for readability. Every timestamp jumps the video to that moment.

Dr. Nannette Reuther: If I might step out of supervision for a moment, this reminds me of one of my trainers when I was trained to become a coach. She said something like, if it feels like work, something is wrong. Because in coaching you are working, because this is your job, but you are not doing the work for the client. So if it starts to feel heavy, if you're very busy, very engaged, it means that you're taking over something that's not even your role. That's a moment to pause and think about what is happening right now, and possibly even reflect it back to the client. What has happened? Why does it feel this way? Tobi: Yeah. That's powerful. Dr. Nannette Reuther: Yeah.

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