Supervision details
I want supervision to feel like a space where you can be yourself, not somewhere you have to present or perform. I know this work can be incredibly rewarding, but I also know how much it can ask of you. Sometimes you need somewhere to slow down after a session that has stayed with you, think through a client or case you can’t quite make sense of, or explore a feeling you’ve been struggling to put into words.
My supervision is human, compassionate, and grounded in theory, but flexible enough to make space for you to be you. I work in a supervisee-led way, so what we focus on is guided by what you need. Maybe you need to think through a plan for moving a piece of client work forward, explore a difficult professional decision, talk through safeguarding or risk, think about your career and where you want to go next, or simply understand why a particular client or situation has affected you more than you expected.
My approach is collaborative, reflective and curious. I draw on the Seven-Eyed Model, with particular attention to relationship, context, culture and the wider systems surrounding the work.
I am a member of the BACP and adhere to their Ethical Framework for Counselling Professionals. I am also happy to supervise practitioners who are members of other ethical and professional bodies.
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.
