Maria Kefalogianni

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Presence Centered Psychotherapist/Supervisor

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Presence-Centered Supervision: Beyond the Professional Persona

This is not simply clinical oversight; it is a container for conscious evolution; a deep invitation for psychotherapists, supervisors, coaches, healers, and all helping professionals to align their practice with their Authentic Presence.

In this work, the challenges you face are not obstacles; they are gateways into deeper embodiment and profound aliveness.

The Alchemy of Presence and Rigour 

Presence-Centered Supervision is where academic rigour meets the universal heart.

My work is passionately fused with pristine clarity, offering a spacious, kind, and fiercely honest relationship. We gently uncover the unconscious stories and patterns that shape your client work, rooting ourselves in what contemplative traditions call Buddha Nature and what Internal Family Systems (IFS) names Self-energy.

Foundation and Evolution: My supervisory approach is grounded in the Hawkins & Shohet integrative model, informed by my role as a Supervisor Trainer at the University of Salford. This foundation ensures rigour, while Presence shapes the heart of our work. Supervision becomes a space where your highest knowing is invited forward , through the effotless pristine clarity of presence, as a wisdom already alive within you, waiting to be seen.
You will be met with fierce compassion and loving inquiry, with the clear intention of transforming how you are at work. Bring your whole self, not just your professional persona.

Creative & Embodied Methodologies

i LOVE the liminal and the wisdom hidden at thresholds. The body, imagination, and earth hold critical intelligence for your practice. When you are ready, we enrich your self-inquiry and professional growth through creative methodologies:

Embodied Awareness: Attending to how client material moves through and impacts your nervous system and body. Gaining insight through mapping relational dynamics and energetic flows within your therapeutic relationships.
Archetypal Reflection: Exploring the unconscious roles, postures, and mythological threads present in your professional life. 
Nature-Based Sessions: Where suitable, we can take supervision outdoors with Walk & Talk sessions in the green spaces around Manchester, allowing the wider world to speak into your practice. Nature is our Co-therapist and is swelling with liminal gems!

 Ripples Through Lineages: Healing Beyond the Room

The Presence we cultivate together is the medicine. Rooting into this deeper way of being creates a profound ripple effect that extends far beyond your client work.

Supervisees often discover unexpected healing in their personal lives, reporting shifts such as:

Parenting or partnering with significantly more spaciousness.
Disrupting intergenerational trauma in their own family systems.
Sourcing insight from challenge rather than collapsing into it.
A growing capacity to remain present with difficulty in ALL areas of life.
As one supervisee beautifully expressed: "I came seeking help with a difficult client, but discovered that the presence we practiced together has healed something ancient in my own lineage."

With careful attention, all answers are emergent in the here and now of our supervisory relationship. I look forward to meeting the fullness of your being as we navigate this sacred journey together.

Ready to transform how you are at work?

The first meeting is offered free of charge to establish the mutual trust and authentic resonance required for this deep work.

Learn more and connect with me here

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
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Manchester, Lancashire, M22

Key details

unfortunately my office doesnt have accessibility for a wheelchair user , my deepest apologies for this

Additional languages

Greek

Online platforms

Zoom

Type of session

In person
Online

I offer presence centered supervision. I am passionate about working in ways which honour the transpersonal/spiritual dimensions in practice.

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