Supervision details
Clinical Supervision Identifying and working with the right supervisor is integral to working in the helping professions, and no more so than in the field of counselling and psychotherapy.
I believe passionately in the benefits of supervision, and I wouldn’t and couldn’t continue to work as a therapist/supervisor without a good, solid working relationship with my supervisor. I have extensive experience working for over 30 years as a self-employed.
The last 20 years, I have developed my own thriving private practice as a therapist, supervisor, trainer and consultant.
I work or have worked with a wide range of clients in various environments, from charities to call centres. I have set up pilot projects with an international power generation company to support staff retention with a prime focus on staff wellbeing.
I have worked right across the education sector in a variety of roles working with students, teachers, support staff and school leadership teams. I’m passionate about the benefits of counsellors being available in educational settings and have placed several counsellors in schools, and some of these have become paid positions.
I have extensive experience working with children and adults over both short and long periods. An integral part of my practice is providing consultancy services to OH and HR departments, often working within a multidisciplinary team and taking on some very complex and sensitive cases.
My own private practice is diverse with extensive experience working with children, teenagers, parents, families, couples and adults. Families with Behaviour and Special Educational Needs, including ASD/ADHD families with challenging behaviour, is an area I specialise in. I use an integrative approach to supervision and focus on developing a strong, supportive relationship that facilitates open dialogue to explore the dynamics of client work. Supervision should be informative but challenging and a place to learn and develop skills and self-awareness, ensuring practitioner and client safety.
I see supervision as a collaborative and creative endeavour. Just like the therapeutic relationship, supervision is based on trust, reflection and exploration where the supervisee feels safe and supported.
I have experience providing individual and small-group supervision to both trainees and qualified therapists. I also supervise safeguarding leads in schools, offer consultancy-based services to senior managers in education and the private sector, and lead safeguarding training for schools. I trained at the Sherwood Institute in Nottingham in integrative supervision. I attend many training courses to ensure my supervisory practice remains up to date. Please call for further information. 07976 281187 Andy
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.
