Sandra Williams
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Supervision details
Hello, and welcome
Supervision is an integral part of a therapist's journey, using practical observations to find solutions to enable clients along their therapeutic journey.
Supervision also helps the therapist recognise learning curves and feel supported.
I work from a transactional analysis (T.A.) modality of over ten years of experience with integrative knowledge to a degree level of contemporary approaches within CBT, such as compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and exposure therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), Person-Centred Therapy, and Mindfulness.
Transactional analysis can help resolve an impasse or feelings of stuckness with clients by enabling an understanding of complementary transactions that are clues to one's attunement.
I like to guide therapists to see the best in themselves, gain confidence where there might be some doubt, and see learning curves as growth, not failings.
I have trained at the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy in the seven-eyed model of supervision (Peter Hawkins and Aisling McMahon) that focuses on:
1. The client: who they are, their issues, what they chose to share, which area of their life they wanted to explore, and how this content might relate to previous sessions.
2. The strategies and interventions of the supervisee with the client, using metaphors and images
3. The relationship between the client and the supervisee; how the supervisee's history affects the therapeutic relationship.
4. The supervisee: the transference and countertransference that could affect the therapy they provide.
5. The supervisory relationship: the parallel process that may play out during supervision.
6. The supervisor focuses on their process and how the work with the supervisee affects the supervision relationship.
7. Focus on the broader context: professional codes of ethics, the context in which the supervisee works, the relationship with other agencies or supervisors, social, cultural, and political beliefs, and economic context.
I encourage therapists to utilise storytelling and metaphors and incorporate creativity, such as drawing or colouring, that can work well with clients suffering from trauma when eye contact is problematic.
Individual supervision
£60 per 60 minutes
£90 per 90 minutes
Email requirements to sandra.williams.psychotherapy@hushmail.com or phone 07928299517 to secure a place.
Supervision is delivered online via the Zoom platform
or Face-to-face at a Burnley location just off junction10 and near train stations and bus routes
I have recently begun a supervision hub: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086458706145.
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Accredited register membership
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