Hayley Rivers
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Supervision details
Having a space to reflect on our practice is not only essential to the work, but essential to the practitioners well-being. Exploring the relationship with your clients in a safe and supportive environment can help facilitate new insights. The relationship I offer you as a supervisor is one of equals, as all relationships should be.
My approach to supervision is relational, feeling strongly that the relationship is the most important aspect of the work we do with clients and within supervision. When a safe supportive relationship is offered, then all the aspects of the work we do can be brought to the surface to be held curiously for exploration. I’m particularly interested in shame in supervision, and how this can block us from receiving what we need. I have experience in supervising qualified counsellors/psychotherapists who have been practicing for many years, as well as student counsellors, individually and in a group/organisational setting.
I hold an Advanced Diploma in Relational Supervision from Severn Talking Therapy awarded specialist training status by the National Counselling Society - and offer 1:1 or group supervision. I hold Accredited member status with The National Counselling Society, and Registered Member status with British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I have provided Supervision in a variety of organisational settings such as SARSAS, Kinergy, Bristol Drugs Project, Southmead Project, Women’s Aid, and The Swan Project, as well as in my private practice.
I am also a lecturer on a level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
I am passionate about helping people make sense of their lives and fulfil their potential, and supporting others who do the same.
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
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).
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