Supervision details
I provide supervision both in-person (based in Stoke, Plymouth) and online via Zoom.
Drawing upon the seven-eyed model of supervision primarily, I work collaboratively and relationally placing a strong emphasis on building a safe, trusting supervisory relationship within which supervisees feel empowered, accepted and heard. I am a dynamic, connected and curious supervisor, offering a space that supports both professional development and reflective practice with private practice business support offered for those it is relevant to.
In defining myself as a supervisor, I am a co-collaborative supervisor, who in keeping the client at the core, will support supervisees in a respectful, empathic, relational and held way. I commit to co-creating a space alongside the supervisee that is expansive, rooted in safe, ethical practice with reflection and growth central to the process held by a working contract and alliance.
For me supervision has, and continues to be, a space to reflect, take ownership of what has gone well and what has not, a space to learn and be collaborative with my supervisors to ensure best possible practice with my clients at the core and it is this that I bring to supervision as a supervisor.
I am hugely committed to and passionate about therapy which is witnessed in my work as a psychotherapist - as well as a supervisor. I will be engaged, interested and committed to you and your client work in a genuine, grounded way.
As a supervisor, I aim to provide a neuro-affirming, LGBTQ+ and culturally affirming space. I value diversity, respect individual identities and intersectionality, and aim to create a space whereby people can show up as themselves.
I work full-time in private practice where I draw upon various modalities such as person-centred, psychodynamic, CBT and IFS. I am also EMDR trained meaning supervision can support trauma-informed and integrative ways of working. Working both long-term and short-term, I predominantly see adults, however, I work with some young people aged 13 and above and I do a small amount of couples work. I was a group therapy facilitator for 4-years in a previous role. In my practice my specialism is trauma however the issues clients present with expand across a broad spectrum.
My qualifications include:
Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology -ongoing
Post-graduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology
Level 6 diploma in Clinical Supervision
EMDR parts 1, 2 and 3
BSc Psychology – 1st class honours
Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
My experience includes working in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit, charities (child sexual abuse charity, counselling for young people and a bereavement charity), and the NHS. I have been in private practice for around 8-years, within which I see private clients and undertake some EAP and insurance work, giving me a broad understanding of different clinical contexts.
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
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