Supervision details
Person‑centred supervision for counsellors and trainees — online and in Aberdeen
My supervisory approach is rooted in the therapeutic Person-centred conditions that make meaningful work possible. We explore empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard to hep provide a safe presence for our clients.
I aim to offer a collaborative space where you can think clearly about your practice. A space where you can explore the challenges and uncertainties that naturally arise in client work.
Supervision with me is relational and reflective. We pay attention to your experience as a practitioner, the dynamics within your client work, and the wider context you’re practising in. The focus is on supporting you to work safely and ethically, with clarity, steadiness, and a sense of grounded professional responsibility.
I have experience supervising both trainees and qualified practitioners working in community services and private practice. My supervisory work supports counsellors at different stages of their development: from trainees building confidence and identity, to experienced practitioners navigating complex client work, ethical decision‑making, and long‑term therapeutic processes.
Ethical practice and safe therapeutic work sit at the centre of my supervisory approach. I work within professional codes of conduct and support supervisees to think clearly about boundaries, risk, and the responsibilities that underpin safe practice.
My clinical background includes extensive work with trauma, sexual violence, relational dynamics, anxiety, long‑term pressure, and suicidal distress. These areas often inform the steadiness and depth I bring to supervision, helping practitioners to feel supported and able to work safely with clients who may be experiencing significant distress.
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.
