Supervision details
Supervision to support your clinical work and your career as a private practitioner.
If you're building a private practice, not just ticking a box for your professional body - you need a supervisor who understands both. I offer relational, affirming clinical supervision for counsellors and psychotherapists across the UK, in person in Pontefract or online via Zoom.
Is this you?
- You're working towards (or maintaining) BACP or UKCP accreditation and need regular, high-quality supervision
- You're building your own private practice and want a supervisor who can think with you about caseload, boundaries, and sustainability- not just clinical technique
- You want a supervisory relationship that's collaborative and grounded, not hierarchical or "checking up on you"
- You're an integrative, relational, or person-centred practitioner (or training in one of these approaches)
- You value reflective practice and want a supervisor who takes your way of working seriously
If that sounds like you, we're likely a good fit.
What makes supervision with me different
It's relational first. Supervision should feel like a soft landing, not an inspection. My style is warm, collaborative, and grounded in lived experience - the same qualities I bring to my own clinical work as a BACP Senior Accredited Integrative Psychotherapist.
It's a space to be held, not just assessed. Client work can be emotionally demanding, and supervision should give you somewhere to process that impact — not just report on it. I hold space for what the work brings up for you, as well as what it brings up for your clients.
It's practice-aware. Many supervisors focus purely on clinical material. I also help you think about the realities of sustaining a private practice- pacing your caseload, protecting your own wellbeing, and making decisions that support you for the long term, not just this week's session notes.
It's affirming and inclusive. I have particular depth of experience with neurodivergent-affirming practice (ADHD, autism), LGBTQIA+ issues, and working with clients navigating complex or long-standing difficulties- useful if these are areas you work in or want to develop.
It's flexible. Online via Zoom or in person at a quiet, comfortable practice space in Pontefract.
Ready to talk?
Book a free 15-minute consultation to see if we're a good fit and talk through what you're looking for in supervision
https://www.platinum-psychotherapy.co.uk/services#booking
Background
I am a BACP Senior Accredited Integrative Psychotherapist with over ten years' experience. I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Leeds Beckett University, and a Diploma in Supervision from the Leeds Centre for Psychological Development.
Before private practice, I spent seven years at the University of Leeds Disability Services as a Specialist Mentor, supporting students with ADHD, autism, and mental health difficulties - work that shaped the collaborative, developmental approach I bring to supervision today.
I am open to working with counsellors from various modalities and would seek to understand your individual approach to counselling. I also have experience as a Lecturer in Counselling at Leeds Beckett University, having taught many counselling trainees since 2021.
My job as a supervisor is to uphold the counselling profession; I do this by working with the therapist to monitor client safety and wellbeing and creating a facilitative and nurturing environment in which we can explore together the therapeutic relationships between you and your clients, and reflect on the unconscious processes which can emerge between them.
Also in the process of supervision, I would support and encourage the supervisee to become aware of any internal responses that may help enhance their personal and professional development.
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.
