Supervision details
My aim, as a supervisor, is to help you observe and understand yourself and your clients on a deeper level, using my distilled experience and insight from 30 years as a therapist. I want to help you develop a much wider perspective on how you relate with your clients and their challenges, how you feel about whatever you bring to supervision, and of course how you relate with me, as your professional colleague and supervisor.
I have a warm and personal approach, ensuring that supervision, although it is an ethical requirement of our profession, is also experienced as a vital part of taking care of yourself. Our sessions will help you increase your self-awareness, and enable you to continually learn, grow and flourish in your work.
I trained and qualified in the seven-eyed model of supervision (Shohet & Hawkins), an extremely versatile framework which is widely recognised and implemented across many helping professions. My wish is to offer you a safe and comfortable space to honour you, your clients and how you work; and provide you with the opportunity to reflect, explore and deepen your understanding of what is taking place in the therapeutic encounter. I will encourage you to focus on all the relevant relationships between client, therapist and supervisor; with curiosity, openness, and a willingness to notice what might be sitting beneath the surface.
You are encouraged to bring whatever is present in your work, knowing it will be met with respect and thoughtfulness. Together we will reflect, explore and deepen your insight into your work with clients; uncovering new ways to deal with challenges and celebrate progress.
My counselling training includes Person-Centred, Gestalt, Cognitive, Bodywork and Solution-focused approaches. I work integratively from a humanistic perspective, and I have experience of working psychodynamically. My particular interest in the mind-body connecton is especially useful when working with any client who is holding stress, trauma and unresolved emotional pain in the body.
I bring 30 years' experience as a therapist, including 13 years in NHS GP practice. I also ran a stress management clinic and for the last 25 years, I have delivered stress management training across public, private and voluntary sectors. I am a registered member of the BACP.
In my own professional life, I have been deeply supported by excellent supervision, peer groups and mentors. Their input has been invaluable to my wellbeing, my professional development, and my sense of fulfilment in this work. I now offer the same kind of nurturing, respectful space to others - a place where you can feel inspired, supported, and equipped to navigate the challenges of our profession, while keeping your passion for the work alive.
If you would like to find out more about working with me, you can text me or send an email, and we can arrange an initial phone or video call. This will give us an opportunity to discuss your expectations of supervision, to see if you feel comfortable talking to me, and to ask any questions you may have. There is no charge for this initial exploratory chat.
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.
