Chris Allen - MA, PG Dip, BSc (Hons), mBPS, BACP

*Now providing phone and video appointments*

Hi, I'm Chris and I provide supervision to those working in the helping professions, usually but not exclusively counsellors and psychotherapists.

Hello and a warm welcome to all

I welcome supervisees from all backgrounds both personally and professionally.  I am very passionate about supervision, I feel it is a vital ingredient for all professional helpers. 

Finding a Supervisor who is right for you

I gain enormous satisfaction working with both new and experienced helping professionals.  As an integrative relational psychotherapist my focus is always on client before theory, experience and present-moment, before therapeutic ideology.   My own experiences of receiving supervision have greatly informed how I now supervise others.  It is vital to have a theoretical storehouse from which to use within therapy and supervision, and my training is never-ending - I'm even doing a PhD.  But, when professionals put theory before experience, ideology before reflexive attention, the client feels misheard and the therapeutic relationship breaks down.  I have experienced this and heard countless stories of this same pattern emerging time and again.

The Working Alliance

By offering you support and empathy and by providing a friendly and relaxed ear, the supervisory relationship can be a wonderful thing.  My training and my experience of psychotherapy and supervision provide a variety of ways that I can support you.  

I look forward to hearing from and please do not hesitate to contact me.