Dr Monika Wieliczko

I offer individual and group clinical supervision for counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists who want to deepen their clinical practice and develop a more relational way of working.

My approach to supervision is strongly informed by psychodynamic, psychoanalytic and attachment-based thinking. I spent a number of years working in secondary care mental health services with people experiencing complex trauma, longstanding relational difficulties and personality disorders. Alongside this background, I am trained in EMDR, Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), psychodynamic psychotherapy and CBT, which allows me to offer an integrative perspective while remaining grounded in relational and depth-oriented work.

For me, supervision is not simply about deciding which intervention or technique to use next. I am interested in helping you think more deeply about what is happening in the therapy: not only the client's difficulties and history, but what is happening between the two of you. What might the client be communicating through the relationship? What gets evoked in you? Where do you find yourself pulled towards rescuing, withdrawing, reassuring, working harder or feeling stuck? And what might these experiences tell us about the client's relational world?

My role as a supervisor is to help you develop your own clinical voice rather than teach you to practise exactly as I do. I want supervision to be a place where you can think openly, become more confident in your judgement and develop a way of working that feels both psychologically sophisticated and genuinely your own.

Although reflective thinking is central to my approach, I also value practical supervision. We can think together about formulation, risk, boundaries, therapeutic ruptures, attachment dynamics, complex trauma, EMDR and longer-term therapeutic work, as well as the everyday dilemmas that arise in clinical practice.

I am particularly interested in supervising clinicians who want to move beyond predominantly symptom-focused or protocol-driven work and develop their capacity for deeper relational and attachment-based therapy.

I also welcome clinicians who are beginning or developing their private practice, particularly those transitioning from NHS or organisational settings. Moving into private practice brings a different set of clinical and professional questions: how you establish boundaries, choose whom you work with, manage complexity without the infrastructure of a larger service, develop confidence in your clinical decisions and gradually build the kind of practice you actually want to have. I can offer both clinical supervision and practical guidance as you make that transition.

I offer supervision on a one-to-one basis as well as in small groups. I particularly welcome therapists, counsellors and psychologists who are curious, reflective and interested in developing the confidence to work at greater depth with trauma, attachment and relationships.