Supervision details
Hi there, I'm Dan and I work as a Humanistic Integrative therapist, qualified in 2012 at York St John University with a Masters degree in Humanistic Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy.
My supervision is underpinned by the BACP ethical framework, guided by the 7-eye model and my Humanistic philosophies, primarily the relationship between counsellor and client, and supervisor and supervisee, in a way that offers you a space where all aspects can be explored safely with the goal being fostering your professional development.
Under the Humanistic umbrella, I find I enjoy working with the existential side of things, understanding the subjective elements of a scenario rather than going to the text book, and would do the same for supervisees, embodying a 'teach a person to fish' approach so that you can grow and develop, while feeling reassured and supported by myself to explore what works well and what could be done differently.
I'm a big believer that both therapy and supervision should be places where we can explore the fearful, taboo or shameful elements of who we are and how we practice, as I believe if we avoid contact with these they will impact our work outside of our awareness, and it is my responsibility to be the kind of person you feel comfortable exploring these aspects with, trusting that I will support rather than judge or criticise. I would also argue I look at supervision in a holistic way, primarily focus is on client work, but if we need to explore theory, or you're going through your own troubles, all of this is relevant to our work.
As with therapy I would encourage a short initial consultation for us both to gain an sense of if we are a good fit for productive, meaningful work.
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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