Supervision details
As therapists, we can naturally become focused on the needs, struggles and growth of our clients. In the model of transpersonal supervision in which I trained — developed by Alkemia — supervision holds a wider field of awareness: the wellbeing, development and process of both therapist and client.
My approach is collaborative rather than directive. I encourage supervisees to initially present their clients as factually as possible, setting aside early hypotheses or formulations. This creates space for us to explore the client together with curiosity, openness and fresh perspective.
Alongside ethical considerations and good clinical practice, we may explore the client’s family history, formative experiences, relationships, attachment patterns and boundaries. We will also pay close attention to what emerges within the therapeutic relationship itself, including parallel process, countertransference and the therapist’s own responses.
My aim is to provide a reflective, supportive and challenging space where supervisees can develop confidence, deepen their clinical understanding and remain connected to themselves as practitioners.
I bring many years’ experience of working with complex emotional presentations, addiction, relational difficulties and questions of meaning, identity and purpose.
The Alkemia supervision training is UKCP recognised.
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.
