Vanessa Black
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Supervision details
I am a qualified Clinical Supervisor, able to work with supervisees seeing adults, adolescents and children. I supervise trainee counsellors, qualified counsellors and for other professionals in the helping professions, either in groups or for individuals. My aim as a supervisor is to help you to grow your professional confidence, broaden your skill set, and to equip you to help your clients. Engaging in the clinical supervision process provides an opportunity to develop a mentoring relationship with an experienced practitioner, which will nurture your expertise and your career. I aim to create a space where this can happen, whilst keeping the safety and welfare of clients in central importance. As an integrative supervisor I work with counsellors and psychotherapists who have trained in a variety of different models. I offer one-to-one and group supervision to qualified and trainee therapists from any theoretical backround who are looking for a supportive and empowering relationship to explore their work with clients. I offer supervision face to face, telephone or Skype. I am a Clinical Supervisor and a BACP Registered Integrative Counsellor/ Psychotherapist, and provide supervision to counsellors working in organisations and also in private practice. As a supervisor I work to :• maintain or enhance the professional skills, knowledge and attitudes of supervisees• develop the ability to conceptualise clinical material and apply appropriate interventions• Identify and manage transference and counter transference issues• hold awareness of ethical and professional standards• enhance analytical skills, creativity, self-awareness, confidence and competence• clarify roles, responsibilities and boundary issues• Identify professional strengths, wellness and training needs I work within the Ethical Framework of the BACP. I provide supervision to therapists as well as to to other professionals in the helping professions. I provide individual supervision and group supervison. I work face-to-face or by Skype. I work with therapists in training as well as with more experienced practitioners.
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.
