Supervision details
Clinical Supervision
I hold a Level 6 Diploma in Art Psychotherapy Clinical Supervision (CPCAB, 2020), with training informed by BAAT standards and contemporary supervisory practice. I am re-registering with the HCPC after a break.
My approach to supervision is relational, reflective and clinically grounded. I work across modalities and adapt supervision to the practitioner, their professional setting, and the complexity of the work they are undertaking. I have experience supervising both qualified clinicians and trainees, including practitioners working within multidisciplinary and organisational contexts.
My supervision training included:
Organisational and systemic dynamics
Models and evaluation of supervision
Ethical decision-making and professional boundaries
Confidentiality, safeguarding and GDPR
Reflective practice and the supervisory relationship
Working across professional disciplines and therapeutic modalities
Over the course of my career, I have supervised a wide range of professionals, including clinical psychologists, NHS ward managers, art psychotherapists, counsellors and trainees.
Clinical Experience
I recently retired from a senior NHS art psychotherapy role following a long career in mental health services. My clinical experience spans more than 30 years across statutory, educational and voluntary-sector settings.
My work has included:
Adult mental health
Acute and community psychiatric services
Learning disability services
Work with ex-offenders
Pupil Referral Units
Charitable counselling organisations
Clinical leadership and service development
Supervision of therapists and trainees
Alongside my NHS work, I provided clinical supervision within a counselling charity, supervising a mixed group of qualified counsellors and trainees and contributing to the organisation’s clinical management team.
I have also supervised University of South Wales art psychotherapy trainees on NHS clinical placements, supporting their development within complex multidisciplinary environments.
My supervisory work is informed by decades of clinical practice and by an appreciation of the different theoretical languages practitioners bring to their work. I am particularly interested in the relationship between practitioner, client, organisation and wider system, and in creating a supervisory space in which complexity can be thought about rather than reduced too quickly.
I am experienced in both face-to-face and online supervision. Since the pandemic, online clinical work, supervision and professional development have become an established part of my practice, and I continue to undertake regular CPD and advanced training.
The HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
