In a profession based in Chinese Medicine and built on listening, insight and presence, many acupuncturists spend years supporting others while carrying the demands of practice alone.

Alongside complex cases and patient care come the responsibilities of running a clinic, maintaining professional boundaries, managing a business and sustaining our own wellbeing. Increasingly, practitioners are recognising that mentoring and supervision are not simply “extra support,” but an essential part of developing a confident, sustainable and clinically effective practice.

Professional supervision offers acupuncturists a confidential and supportive space in which to reflect on the realities of practice with experienced colleagues. It provides opportunities to discuss challenging or complex cases, explore different treatment approaches, consider alternative methods and deepen clinical understanding. Working collaboratively in this way helps practitioners broaden their perspective, strengthen clinical reasoning and refine the quality of care they offer patients. The result is not only greater confidence and clarity for practitioners themselves, but also improved patient outcomes and higher professional standards across the profession.

Beyond clinical discussion, supervision strengthens many of the core skills that sit at the heart of good acupuncture practice: listening deeply, communicating clearly, recognising dynamics within the therapeutic relationship and responding with insight, compassion and professionalism. Practitioners often find that regular supervision renews enthusiasm for their work, reduces professional isolation and helps prevent burnout, while reconnecting them to the inspiration that first brought them to Chinese Medicine.

For many acupuncturists, training in mentoring and supervision also opens the door to an exciting new strand of professional life. Qualified supervisors can offer one-to-one mentoring, facilitate peer groups, run online supervision sessions or support newly qualified practitioners as they establish themselves in practice. As demand for reflective practice and professional support continues to grow, supervision offers a meaningful and rewarding complementary practice alongside clinical work.

The Mentoring and Supervision Network has been supporting the development of supervision within the acupuncture profession for over twenty years and is now inviting applications for its new 2026/27 Training Course in Mentoring and Supervision in London. Taking place over four weekends between September 2026 and March 2027, the experiential training will explore facilitation skills, group dynamics, reflective practice, mentoring and professional leadership within acupuncture. Participants will have opportunities to practise leading groups, receive feedback and become part of an ongoing network of collegial support. Once qualified, They can also join the growing list of practitioners on the BAcC Register, as well as the Mentoring and Supervision Network directory of trained Mentor Supervisors.

At a time when reflective practice, clinical excellence and practitioner wellbeing are becoming increasingly valued within healthcare, supervision is emerging as one of the most important ways practitioners can support both themselves and the future of the profession.

The next Mentoring and Supervision Training run by Isobel Cosgrove, Sally Blades, Mina Haeri and Sarah Matheson will take place in London at Violet Hill Studios (Maida Vale/St John’s Wood),

It is run over four long-weekend modules between September 2026 and March 2027.

The dates are:

Friday-Sunday 18-20 September 2026

Friday-Sunday 20-22 November 2026

Friday-Sunday 22-24 January 2027

Friday-Sunday 19-21 March 2027

The Friday sessions are from 2pm-5pm, the Saturday sessions from 9.30am – 5pm and the Sunday sessions from 9.30am – 4pm. This is an in-person training and we ask that you commit to attend all the sessions. To apply for the Supervision and Mentoring Training we ask for a minimum of 5 years in practice; if not in acupuncture, other experience can be relevant also.

Course fees are £1375.00.

For more information and an application form contact: minahaeri@gmail.com

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