Thom Fairclough
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Supervision details
I am a qualified, experienced and UKCP & EAP Accredited Gestalt Psychotherapist in private practice. I am also a qualified and experienced Supervisor offering supervision to qualified and trainee practitioners. I am trained in the Shohet & Hawkins Model of Supervision which is versatile across methodologies. I have worked for a Primary Care Trust in a Muscular Skeletal department and I also have extensive experience dealing with issues of rape and sexual abuse. I worked for three years for a Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre with young people (10-19 year olds), also for LGBT Lancashire and my MSc. thesis was related to sexual violence and psychotherapeutic treatment. See my website for fees and further information www.thomfairclough.co.uk
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