Chris Sansom
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Supervision details
I am a qualified supervisor and have provided clinical supervision to counsellors/psychotherapists, as well as a range of different professionals, for many years. I feel very fortunate to have received some great supervision over the years and encourage every supervisee that I work with to ensure that they are gaining something from the supervision process.
I view myself as a colleague alongside a supervisee and hope that I bring my knowledge, experience and expertise into supervision for the benefit of supervisees and the clients with whom they work.
I consider my supervision to be very relational in approach and my intention is to provide the conditions for counsellors to reflect upon their work with clients in a non-judgemental, supportive and learning environment. Informed by my Integrative approach as a counsellor, I offer individuals a model of supervision that is collaborative and where they can feel safe enough to explore their work with clients, examining their own process and reflect upon their thoughts, feelings, interventions and impact of the work.
My belief is that supervision should provide a space for learning and personal development ensuring that ethical practice is embedded both for supervisees and the clients they are working with. I provide supervision from my quiet private practice in Brentwood.
If you feel that my approach might be what you are looking for from a clinical supervisor then either call or message me and we can have an initial discussion to see if we both feel that we would be a good 'fit' for supervision.
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
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