Joshua Carter
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Supervision details
My Therapeutic Approach
With over seven years of experience working as a counsellor in various settings, including the NHS, schools, and a successful private practice, I have developed a deep understanding of diverse client needs. My expertise lies primarily in trauma therapy, where I have guided clients through the process of navigating and recovering from deeply impactful experiences. Additionally, I have extensive experience addressing a wide range of mental health concerns, from common issues like anxiety and depression to more complex conditions.
As a neurodiverse practitioner, I am committed to fostering an inclusive environment that respects and responds to each client’s and supervisee's individual perspectives and requirements. I practice relational integrative psychotherapy that places a strong emphasis on the therapeutic relationship as the central environment where entrenched relational patterns can be observed, understood, and transformed. I believe that our sense of self, security in the world, and comfort within our own skin are profoundly shaped by key relationships during our childhood years.
Therefore, the therapeutic relationship is a space where new relational experiences can challenge and reshape these ingrained patterns and perspectives. My goal is to facilitate a process that allows these old ways of being to be gently examined and evolved into healthier, more adaptive patterns.
My core training includes a BSc in Therapeutic Counselling, where I focused on a relational and integrative approach to therapy. I am currently pursuing an MSc in Psychology, with my dissertation exploring the long-term psychological effects of emotional abuse on adult sons by narcissistic mothers.
My Approach to Supervision
Just as in therapy, I believe that the foundation of effective supervision lies in a secure, attuned, and trustworthy relationship. My aim is to create an environment where you feel safe to explore your practice openly, without fear of judgment, and where you can receive constructive feedback and new insights.
Supervision can sometimes be challenging when it comes to being fully transparent. It’s natural to worry about being judged or misunderstood, especially when discussing those difficult moments where boundaries were tested or when you felt uncertain or overwhelmed. These experiences, however, are integral to your growth as a therapist.
In our supervisory relationship, I strive to provide a space where you feel understood and supported, even when discussing your most challenging therapeutic moments. My approach is to meet you with empathy and to help you navigate these experiences with understanding and compassion.
I encourage you to think critically about your client work, which will help you develop your skills and confidence. I will consider your overall career development and work to help you grow in your professional journey.
Each therapist’s journey is unique, and I am open to collaboratively finding the best ways of working together that meet your individual needs. The broad aims of our supervision sessions will be to:
- Support you in your clinical practice
- Reflect on both your clients' processes and your own therapeutic relationships
- Enhance your competence, skills, knowledge, and confidence
- Foster your ongoing professional development
- Ensure ethical practice in your work, safeguarding both your well-being and that of your clients, the public, and the profession as a whole
The supervision I offer utilises the Seven-Eyed Model (Hawkins and Shohet, 2012).
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
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