Tina Smith

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Supervisor
counselling adults, children/young people and supervision

Supervision details

I offer a compassionate, empathetic supervisory space where you can slow down, pause, breathe, and gently explore your work. My intention is always to create a safe, steady environment where even the uncomfortable material, the moments that may evoke shame, embarrassment, or uncertainty, can be approached with care and dignity. Your feelings, your pace, and what is happening for you are always honoured.

I qualified as a Humanistic–Existential counsellor in 2007 and as a Clinical Supervisor in 2016. With 19 years experience.  I am a BACP Accredited counsellor.  My work is integrative using TA, solution‑focused approaches, CBT and CFT elements, mindfulness, and a holistic mind–body perspective.

As a supervisor, I pay close attention to what is happening in the room, the spoken, the unspoken, and the felt experience between you and your client. Supervision is most effective when it fits you, your needs, and your way of working. Together, we explore what you require from supervision so that the space supports you professionally, personally, and restoratively. When you are not okay, it can impact your client work; therefore, I place emphasis on you as a person as well as you as a counsellor.

My role is to meet your supervisory needs within the time we have, offering professional, thoughtful, and supportive guidance. I help you look at your work through different lenses, opening up new perspectives when needed. My training included individual and group supervision, organisational dynamics, ethical issues within workplace settings, creative exploration, self‑reflective practice, and constructive feedback.

My specialisms include working with children and young people, trauma, and intergenerational trauma. I also work with gaslighting, the nervous system (polyvagal theory) , mindfulness, and belief systems. Neurodivergence is a particular passion, it is my superpower as a neurodivergent practitioner myself. I understand the fatigue, burnout, masking and the need for safe spaces. I also recognise how relevant this is for neurotypical counsellors too. I am safeguarding‑trained and hold a safeguarding role within my practice.

Wherever you are in your counselling career, I am a supportive supervisor who is genuinely rooting for you, for your growth, your confidence, and your ongoing professional development. If you feel I may be a good fit, please reach out. We can arrange a 30‑minute conversation to ensure you feel comfortable, safe, and confident that we are the right match to work together.

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
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31 Aeron Close, Barry, South Wales, CF62 7PX

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Online platforms

Zoom

Type of session

In person
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I like to work in a warm, and supportive manner. Allowing the counsellor to know they can bring anything to supervision, without worry or concern.

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