Supervision details
Are you about to start a counselling placement and require a supervisor for the first time or looking here because you need a new supervisor? Whatever the reason, if you are seeking a supervisor, it is important you feel comfortable that your supervisor is qualified, experienced and can provide a supervisory relationship that meets your needs.
As a profession we are in a time of change. We are now through the SCoPEd transition period and with the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) is looking into the future of our profession, once again statutory regulation feels close. So whatever, stage you are in your career, it’s important your supervisor is aware of the impact of these change might have on you, your practice and career.
I am an approved supervisor for students therapists from Newman University, Iron Mill College and the Sherwòod Institute amongst others and have considerable experience working with trainee and newly qualified therapists, as well as with experienced and accredited practitioners.
If you feel I might be the right supervisor for you, then please get in touch to discuss things further. I offer a free initial session to explore if we feel we can work together.
I am an experienced children and young people’s therapist and so if this is a client group you work with or want to work I can bring my wealth of experience to support this. I have worked general practice, adoption support, palliative care and cancer care, as well as private practice.
I have experience of supporting supervisees through the BACP Accreditation and Senior Accreditation process and have completed the BACP online training - How to support your supervisees through the Counsellor/Psychotherapist Accreditation Process.
Similar to therapy, supervision is a contracted, professional relationship. As a supervisor, I see my primary goal being to improve the quality of the work my supervisee is undertaking with their clients or supervisees.
Quality supervision should provide a safe space for you the therapist to step back and look at the therapeutic relationship between you and your client or supervisee. For this to happen, I believe there needs to be solid supervisory relationship where you feel supported and safe.
Overall, I believe supervision should be a stimulating, motivational process in which challenge and reflection are very much a part. My aim as a supervisor is to promote the competence and creativity of my supervisee in a non-judgmental way, to enable my supervisee to grow and develop into the most effective therapist or supervisor they can be, to enable them to work skilfully and ethically with their clients or supervisees and importantly to develop their own therapeutic or supervisory style.
Supervision should also ensure a duty of care to the supervisee and their clients, ensuring the maintenance of ethical and legal practice, as well as the continued professional development of the supervisee.
Please get in touch if you’d like to find out more about me and my supervisory practice. I would normally suggest that we meet for an initial session to see how we fit as supervisor and supervisee. I do not charge for this. I offer supervision in person and on line.
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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.
