About me
I offer trauma-informed clinical supervision for therapists working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), adult sexual violence and complex trauma who may be holding very challenging, often painful and complex caseloads.
I am a counsellor and psychotherapist (MBACP) with over twenty years’ experience working therapeutically with adult survivors of childhood trauma, particularly childhood sexual abuse, adult sexual violence and complex trauma. Recently qualified as a supervisor, I offer clinical supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists who are holding very demanding, often painful and complex caseloads, and who want a supervisor who is steady, relational and trauma‑informed. My aim is that supervision feels like a safe, collaborative space where you can bring your whole experience of the work – the clinical, the emotional and the embodied – and not feel you have to leave any part of you at the door.
My supervision approach - What’s it like to work with me
Supervisees tend to experience me as calm, grounded and reflective. In our work together, you can expect:
- A warm, collaborative, reflective relationship, where you can celebrate your successes as well as being honest about the complexity of the work, including any uncertainty, fear, mistakes or feelings of overwhelm.
- A clear focus on trauma and its impact, including shame, dissociation, chronic threat responses, relational difficulties and the ongoing legacy of CSA
- A balance of support and thoughtful challenge, helping you to reflect deeply while also feeling practically resourced.
- Close attention to ethics, risk and safeguarding, held in a collaborative, non-punitive way
- Space to notice your own nervous system and limits, so supervision helps protect against burnout, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue
- Respect for your modality and style; I will respect your individuality as a counsellor, and will work with you within your own theoretical frame
Supervision at it’s best is both containing and enriching. My aim is to offer you a space that feels safe, respectful, collaborative and developmentally stretching, where we can reflect deeply on the complexity of the work together, and explore process, embodiment and countertransference, as well as concrete interventions and planning.
Who I work with
I particularly welcome:
- Therapists working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual violence
- Practitioners working with PTSD, Complex PTSD, dissociation, shame and long term-developmental trauma. Also with those highly impactful ‘small t’ traumas.
- Counsellors working in charities and low-cost services, including those supporting highly traumatised clients within constrained systems.
- Therapists who are newly qualified, newly in private practice or newly working with trauma who want solid, accessible support
- Experienced practitioners who want to deepen or expand their trauma-informed and body-aware practice
I work comfortably alongside humanistic, integrative, psychodynamic and pluralistic approaches, as well as with practitioners who are bringing in somatic or energy psychology tools alongside talking therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MBACP Counsellor and Psychotherapist working with adult survivors of CSA for over 20 years
- Post Graduate Certificate in Relational Supervision (working towards Post Graduate Diploma in Relational Psychotherapeutic Supervision)
- Advanced and Postgraduate Diplomas in Psychodynamic Counselling (University of Cambridge)
- Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis with Psychotherapy
- Advanced Diploma in Hypnoanalysis
- Diploma in IET (integrated energy techniques, incorporating EFT & NLP)
- Somatic Trauma Therapy Training with Babette Rothschild
Additional training in psychosensory and trauma-focused methods including Havening, EFT (emotional freedom technique), Faster EFT and IEMT (integral eye movement therapy)
I continue to invest in my own supervision, supervision of supervision and ongoing CPD in trauma and body-based work
As a fully insured member of BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) I adhere to their guidelines and ethical framework
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Working with all issues, but specialising in abuse issues, trauma and stress, and eating disorders.
Fees
£40.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Supervision
I am currently working online via Zoom, and also have limited in-person sessions available.
Whilst I am working towards my Post Graduate Diploma in Relational Psychotherapeutic Supervision, my fees are currently £40 for a sixty minute session or £55 for ninety minutes.
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