Supervision details
I’m Tom, a clinical supervisor, therapist, tutor and author. I aim to offer a different kind of supervision, one that draws on my range of experience to support you as a whole person, not just a practitioner.
Yes, the primary goal of supervision is to support the wellbeing of your clients, but I don’t forget you in the process. Your needs, growth, and challenges matter just as much.
Many of the supervisees I work with are building or expanding private practices, juggling self-employment, or navigating the stress that can come with running a business. So alongside clinical support, I also bring in elements of business strategy, marketing advice, and personal resilience.
Supervision with me is a space for:
- Exploring your work with clients
- Developing your professional identity and confidence
- Working on your "growing edges", those areas you’re still discovering or strengthening
- Bringing authenticity into your practice, whether you’re volunteering, working in an organisation, or running your own practice.
And importantly: this is a shame free space. We all have sessions that don’t go the way we hoped. That’s part of being human and part of the work. You don’t have to hide those moments. Bring them in, and we’ll use them to grow.
My approach to supervision and therapy is informed by an awareness of intersectionality. I have a particular focus on working with queer and neurodivergent clients, and I bring that understanding into the supervision space as well.
My supervision is delivered in line with BACP, UKCP and NCPS ethical frameworks, so your hours with me count toward your accreditation requirements. I work to the Seven-Eyed Model of Supervision (Hawkins and Shohet). Supervision is based online, either fortnightly, monthly or ad hoc.
I’ve been in private practice since 2018, offering an integrative therapeutic approach and accumulating over 6500 clinical hours.
In addition to private practice, I’ve worked with several well-established counselling organisations, gaining a broad range of experience. This includes:
Place2Be – providing therapeutic support to children (ages 7–10).
St Christopher’s Hospice – supporting adults through grief as part of the bereavement team.
METRO Charity – working with LGBTQ+ clients, asylum seekers, and people living with or affected by HIV.
All of this informs my work as a supervisor, offering you a wide and inclusive foundation to support your own practice and development.
If this sounds like the kind of supervision you're looking for, I'd love to hear from you. Get in touch and we can arrange an initial conversation to make sure we're a good fit before committing to ongoing work together.
Qualifications and Experience
I am a BACP registered therapist, clinical supervisor, and counselling tutor with over 8 years clinical experience. I have the following qualifications:
- Diploma in Supervision
- Masters (MA) in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- Certificate of Higher Education in Psychology
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
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.
