Supervision details
Free Meet & Greet
We appreciate the importance of choosing the right supervisor, so offer a free 15 minute meet and greet with your chosen supervisor prior to you booking with them.
Why Attend Supervision?
Treating psychological difficulties is highly rewarding, but it can also be emotionally exhausting and challenging for psychotherapists. Our supervision is designed to support you with this.
Clinical supervision can help you to engage in self-care practises and regular self reflection.
What We offer:
We offer an range of supervision options for EMDR, CBT and IPT therapists and Counsellors.
We offer individual or group supervision to clinicians practicing EMDR, CBT, IPT or counselling support. We recommend you attend supervision 4-6 weekly, but can also support adhoc supervision requests when discussed. We can support you with continued practice whether you are newly qualified, working towards accreditation or experienced.
What To Expect:
Your Optimism supervisor will be a supportive professional who can help you with clinical decision making, enhance your evidence-based practise and also supports you in managing the emotional toll of working with clinically complex and trauma based presentations.
They will help you with:
Skill development, providing a structured and supportive environment for you to enhance your skills, interventions and overall clinical competence.
The emotional impact of delivering treatment including heightened emotional responses, such as sadness, anger, or anxiety, as you empathise with your clients experiences.
Case conceptualisation, helping you to deliver care supported by CBT or EMDR framework.
Potential comparison fatigue or burnout which can be a completely normal experience when you are continually exposed to difficult or traumatic content, you may feel emotionally drained, overwhelmed, or have a reduced capacity for empathy.
Professional and personal growth, providing a safe reflective space to consider your own reactions, bias and personal triggers particularly when working with complex presentations or trauma narratives that resonate with your own experiences.
Boundary challenges, which can sometimes feel difficult to maintain when working with trauma survivors or clients living with complex mental health presentations.
Our Team of Supervisors:
Holly-Jane - CBT & EMDR
Alyson - EMDR Consultant
Drew - CBT
Fay - CBT
Jenny - CBT & EMDR
Jo H - CBT, IPT & EMDR
Jo B - CBT
Each supervisor has their own profile: https://www.optimismtherapyservices.co.uk/ourteam
Holly-Jane As a Supervisor:
I can support you in your clinical practice and skill application. You can expect a friendly, relaxed and supportive style of supervision. We will create a safe space to explore your questions, clinical knowledge, skills and any relational issues with the aim of empowering you to develop both individually and as a practitioner.
The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
