Supervision details
Clinical Supervision for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
I offer clinical supervision to both trainee and qualified counsellors, providing a collaborative, supportive and professionally challenging space in which to reflect on your client work, develop confidence and maintain ethical practice.
Alongside my work as an accredited therapist and supervisor, I have extensive experience working with survivors of domestic abuse, coercive control, sexual abuse, stalking, complex trauma and LGBTQ+ issues. As a result, many supervisees seek me out when working with clients whose experiences are particularly complex, emotionally demanding or high risk.
Areas of specialist interest include:
Domestic abuse and coercive control
Trauma bonds and attachment wounds
Sexual abuse and sexual assault recovery
Stalking and post-separation abuse
LGBTQ+ affirmative practice
Complex trauma and PTSD
Vicarious trauma and therapist wellbeing
Working with shame, identity and self-worth
My approach to supervision is relational, integrative and reflective. I believe supervision should be a place where counsellors feel safe enough to bring uncertainty, challenge, mistakes, strong emotional reactions and ethical dilemmas without fear of judgement.
I work collaboratively with supervisees to explore both the client process and the therapist's experience in the room. This includes paying attention to relational dynamics, unconscious processes, attachment patterns, diversity considerations and the impact that the work may be having on the therapist themselves.
Having worked extensively with trauma survivors, I have a particular interest in supporting counsellors who work with complex presentations and who may be experiencing the effects of vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue or burnout. Supervision is not only about supporting clients well; it is also about sustaining ourselves as practitioners.
My supervision training is based on the Seven-Eyed Model of Supervision (Page & Wosket), while also drawing on relational, psychodynamic, humanistic and trauma-informed perspectives. I aim to provide a balance of support, challenge, education and reflection, adapting my approach to the developmental needs and experience of each supervisee.
Whether you are newly qualified, in training, returning to practice or looking for a supervisor with specialist experience in trauma, abuse and LGBTQ+ work, I welcome an initial conversation to explore whether we would be a good fit.
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.
