Heather Ainscough
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Supervision details
If working face to face we meet in a comfortable room in my garden which offers privacy and an open aspect. I also work via zoom.
My way of working is to attune to your approach, to support you and to bring new insight.
We will explore issues brought by your client and notice the ways in which transference plays out in therapy (and sometimes in supervision!) freeing the work and helping clients grow and learn about themselves.
I have a strong commitment to the ethical considerations of therapy. I would like to explore these together and to support challenges which will occasionally but inevitably arise in therapy.
The aim is to help you grow as a therapist and to become your own best expert!
I have a strong and committed relationship to my own individual and group supervision in order to support best practice.
I have additional training in working with trauma, with polyvagal theory, and have a long term interest in mindfulness and meditation as well as in world religions and spirituality.
Sessions can be 60 to 90 minutes depending on your caseload.
We would meet monthly on a regular basis.
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Accredited register membership
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