Supervision details
I offer a warm, professional, and confidential supervision space in which supervisees feel supported, encouraged, and enabled. I strive to provide supervision that is respectful, collaborative, and free from judgement, offering consistent support both when work is progressing well and when it feels particularly challenging.
I recognise that being a counsellor can be demanding, especially as personal and professional lives inevitably run alongside one another. My supervision practice therefore places both client welfare and supervisee wellbeing at the heart of the work. I view supervision as a collaborative process between two professionals, working together to support ethical, reflective, and effective practice.
Each supervisory relationship brings together combined experience, skills, and knowledge. Through this shared reflective space, we are often able to notice, understand, and make sense of aspects of client work that can be difficult to hold alone. My aim is to support you to be thoughtful, resilient, and at your best in the work you undertake with clients.
Professional Background
Alongside my work as a counsellor and supervisor, I have extensive experience within the Criminal Justice System, where I have worked for over 35 years. I have been a Probation Officer for the past 21 years and previously spent ten years seconded to Youth Offending Services in Newcastle and Northumberland, working with young people aged 10–18.
I have significant experience working with neurodiversity, particularly Autism, ADHD, and Personality Disorders. Much of my work has involved individuals experiencing addiction issues and those with histories of significant childhood trauma. Safeguarding has been, and remains, a central component of my professional practice.
Counselling and Supervision Experience
I have been a qualified counsellor for nine years and a clinical supervisor for four. I originally trained in Person‑Centred Counselling and now practise in an integrative way drawing on a range of therapeutic approaches to meet the individual needs of those I work with.
I have experience both supervising and working therapeutically with children from the age of five through to adults in their eighties. I continue to practise within my private practice, sharing my time equally between therapeutic work and clinical supervision.
Supervision Practice
I currently provide supervision to both trainee and qualified counsellors who are trained or training in the following modalities: Person‑Centred, Psychodynamic, CBT, and Gestalt. My supervision practice is underpinned by the Seven‑Eyed Model of Supervision, allowing for comprehensive reflection on client work, the therapeutic relationship, the supervisee experience, and the wider professional context.
If you’re curious about whether I’m the right person to support you, I offer an introductory Zoom call where we can talk things through.
Warmest wishes for your journey ahead. Helen
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).
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