Supervision details
I am an Integrative Supervisor trained in cross-modality supervision. I supervise Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Person-Centred and Integrative Counsellors, Psychotherapists, and Relationship Counsellors. My supervision approach respects all modalities. As a supervisor, I feel it is important to develop a supervisee’s therapeutic style so they are practising in a way which aligns with their values and client groups.
My supervisees work within the NHS, schools, colleges, universities, organisations, charities, EAPS, and private sector.
I supervisee student therapists from a variety of training courses and different placements.
I also supervise non-counsellors (e.g. teaching staff, voluntary sector, and family support services).
As a supervisor, I work hard to create a safe space where supervisees can analyse their clinical work with clients. Safety in supervision is paramount so that supervisees can be open and honest, celebrating good practice but also understanding problems and mistakes in a non-shaming way to learn, develop and grow in confidence.
I am a curious supervisor who likes to “deep dive” into therapeutic processes with my supervisees. Supervision focuses on the therapeutic relationship and dynamics that play out in the therapeutic frame, that can inform or obstruct the client work. In supervision, we explore unconscious processes of the supervisee (counter-transference, projections) and client (transference, projections). This allows the supervisee to be more consciously aware of what is happening in the therapeutic space, gives clarity about the needs of the client, and identifies any of the supervisee’s own needs that need looking after elsewhere. This ensures the client remains at the centre of the process and the therapeutic work continues to be effective and dynamic.
The BACP framework is at the heart of my practice and, in supervision, can help to inform decisions and interventions in the clinical work.
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.
