What is Coach Supervision?

Coach supervision is a form of professional guidance for professional coaches, aimed at improving their practice through reflection on their work, their interactions with clients, and their professional development. It helps them enhance their skills and develop self-directed learning, so they can coach more effectively and better serve their clients. In a few words coach-supervision is:

  • A reflective, structured process supporting development and coaching effectiveness.
  • A space to explore patterns, mindsets, and relational dynamics.
  • An opportunity to experiment with new approaches using supervisory models, intuition, and imagination.
  • A way to deepen understanding of both your client-system and your role within it—transforming your coaching practice.

How I can support you: 

In my role as a supervisor, I offer both individual and (peer-) group supervision for (external and internal) coaches, professionals in human-centered roles, HR and L&D advisors, entrepreneurial leaders and also student-supervisees in educational programs of universities. As an LVSC-registered supervisor, my sessions are valued with permanent education points for (re)certification with LVSC, SKJ and other professional bodies.

Approach:

My approach is scientifically backed-up by our academic handbook “Supervisie voor Coaches” (2025). This book is co-authored with Louis van Kessel and was recently launched (October 17th 2025) with a live book presentation at CHE. With this book we aim to bring the profession of coaching to a higher professional level. It is addressed to professional coaches and supervisors, educators of programs for coaching and supervision, and leaders of professional bodies for coaching and supervision. We are now working on the English translation of this handbook, that hopefully will become available in spring 2026.

Expertise

  • LVSC certified supervisor (2002). Credential Identifier: ID S11329H since 2003 and re-registration in 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023. LVSC is a member of the European ANSE
  • Since 2019 I am an active member of the Global Supervisor’s Network (GSN). Members of this network are certified coach supervisors from all over the world such as India, US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Afrika, Kenia, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Vietnam, Oman, and Turkey, and also European countries: Spain, Poland, Portugal, France, Finland, Hungary, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Zwitserland, and the UK.
  • From 2016 – 2022 I was active at the international platform for professional coaches of World Business & Executive Coaching (WBECS / Coaching.com. I was rewarded as one of their 10 most successful facilitators of small groups of coaches.
  • Since 2025 I am leading a peer group learning initiative for capacity development of neuroplasticians within the npnInstitute.
  • My supervision is academically backed by the handbook “Supervisie voor Coaches, een kwaliteitswaarborg voor coaching” (September 2025)
  • I write articles and bogs about supervision for coaches , fore example in the Dutch Journal “TvB” Supervisie voor coaches, zicht op de internationale ontwikkeling ( juni 2023). Some related blogs are : ChatGPT voor reflectie-rapport (Sonja Vlaar, Feb 2023).