Supervision details
Supervision is reflection-in-action, and it is where I feel most at home. Before I trained to be a counsellor, and then a supervisor, I taught reflective practice in the social sciences for over a decade.
I use the seven-eyed model of supervision. This model focuses on seven perspectives – with an eye on the client; the interventions; the client-therapist relationship; the therapist; the therapist-supervisor relationship; the supervisor; and the wider context.
Supervisory sessions might cover:
Bringing awareness to the thoughts, feelings and assumptions that might be effecting your therapeutic relationships and our supervisory relationship;
Identifying areas of risk or safeguarding concerns and agreeing on action;
Critical self-reflection on areas of growth - learning from mistakes;
Identifying blinds spots and noticing what you might not be bringing to supervision;
Your restorative needs to maintain resiliance and avoid burnout;
Working creatively, with images, creative writing, poetry, metaphors, drawing, dreams, music, and parts work;
Working with your body. For example, inviting you to notice what you are experiencing in your body, as well as your thoughts and feelings;
Personal development and growing your practice.
My Experience and Qualifications:
I have a Certificate in Creative Supervision. I am BACP Accredited, and have a decade of experience in counselling. I have a PGDip in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the University of Brighton.
I draw on theory from Person-Centred, Gestalt, Existential and Transactional Analysis therapies. I am process-focused, and work relationally with clients and supervisees. My supervision training had a strong focus on creativity, and I use creative methods with clients and supervisees to support their reflection.
As well as being a counsellor and supervisor, I am an experienced teacher with over two decades of teaching experience in the social sciences, counselling and psychology. I currently teach on the ‘Introduction to the therapeutic relationship and counselling skills’ module at the University of Brighton, and I am an Associate Lecturer in counselling and mental health at the Open University.
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.
