Flora Winchester
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Supervision details
I trained in Mindfulness-based Supervision with OPAL (Organisations, People and Learning) in Bath. The training is accredited by the UKCP and is informed by mindfulness practice as well as an integrative approach to caring work. It emphasises the embodied, social-cultural and transpersonal aspects of being in relationship.
I see good supervision as an essential part of a practitioner’s healthy working life. Most importantly, it is a place where we can bring in our human-ness as practitioners and have this witnessed, valued and supported. Supervision offers a space for: Reflection, to create more spaciousness and clarity in our work; Challenge, including working with our 'edges'; Celebrating successes; Personal growth and development; Education and learning; Upholding ethical behaviour. My personal approach to supervision is based on psychodynamic, integrative, humanistic and transpersonal perspectives. I also enjoy working with people in an embodied, relational way.
Other qualifications: Masters Degree in Core Process Psychotherapy from the Karuna Institute in Devon and the University of Middlesex. I've run a successful private practice for 15 years, and also worked as a student counsellor in Higher Education. I am an accredited member of UKCP and am on the UKCP national register of supervisors. I am continually updating and reflecting upon ways to enrich my work. I am particularly interested in the impact of complex family structures on personality development and am doing further training and research in this area.
Additional Experience: I've worked in a number of administrative roles in Higher Education. I worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC, spending long periods overseas as a foreign correspondent. This experience has given me a good understanding of the various practicalities, legal necessities and ethical considerations involved with running a successful practice, as well as the importance of holding appropriate boundaries and resourcing ourselves as practitioners. Finally, I sit on the Ethics, Equality and Diversity Committee of the Association of Core Process Psychotherapists (ACPP) , a professional association that is tasked with overseeing and maintaining the ethical standards and supporting the good practice of its registered members. I have a particular, personal interest in working with people of other cultures, or those living away from 'home'.
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Accredited register membership
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