Supervision details
Clinical Supervision
I’m a Senior Accredited Psychotherapist with both the BACP and NCPS, aligned to Column C of the SCoPEd framework. I qualified as a clinical supervisor in 2017 with a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision (Level 7, University of Derby).
My supervision practice is grounded in the Seven-Eyed Model. This relational and reflective framework helps us explore not just the client work itself, but everything happening around and beneath it too. Because supervision, for me, isn’t about ticking boxes or performing competence.
It’s about depth. Reflection. Honesty. The space between.
I work mainly with therapists in private practice, particularly those who’ve stepped away from agency settings and are building something more sustainable, relational, and aligned with who they are as practitioners. Many of the therapists I supervise are neurodivergent, creative, reflective, or simply looking for a supervision space that feels human rather than performative.
They often want somewhere they can think openly.
Question themselves safely.
Explore the work in depth without needing to have everything neatly tied up.
The Seven-Eyed Model allows us to move fluidly through different layers of the work:
- What’s happening for your client
- What’s happening in you
- What’s unfolding in the therapeutic relationship
- What may be getting stirred between us in supervision
- And how wider systems, culture, trauma, identity, burnout culture, and relational histories shape the work in the room.
Sometimes supervision is clinical and practical.
Sometimes it’s spacious and reflective.
Sometimes it’s about the client who lingers in your mind at 2am.
Sometimes it’s about you.
My style is warm, collaborative, relational, and grounded in curiosity rather than judgement. I won’t sit above you as the expert with all the answers, but I will think alongside you carefully, honestly, and with depth.
I believe good supervision should help you stay ethically grounded, emotionally resourced, and connected to the heart of the work without losing yourself inside it.
A space where you can show up fully human and still be a good therapist.
If you’re looking for supervision that balances rigour with realness, where reflective depth matters just as much as clinical accountability, you’ll probably feel at home here.
I offer a free 20-minute introductory call so we can connect and see whether the space feels like the right fit.
You can also visit www.sarahhopton.com for information about supervision, fees, and current availability.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
