Supervision details
I am an Integrative Counsellor & Clinical Supervisor working with both adults and children aged 7+. I have been working therapeutically with adults and children for over 18 years.
Background
I have spent over 20 years caring for our natural environment, engaging communities in nature conservation and the arts, teaching and mentoring adults and children through volunteering, education, Art and writing. Qualified in both child care profession and Forest School I have run two therapeutic Forest Schools for over 10 years, working primarily with neurodiverse children and children struggling to stay in school, nurturing and developing confidence and self worth through the outdoor environment.
I presently run my own counselling private practice , working with low mood, depression, anxiety, self harm, suicide ideation, grief and loss, OCD, ADHD, addiction, illness, trauma, relationship and family problems as well as those struggling to navigate neurodiversity.
Therapeutically, in the past, I have worked at Open Doors and Cancer Support with adults providing counselling for those struggling with depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma and abuse and supporting those affected by cancer..
Working therapeutically with children, I have worked at Noah's Ark Centre working with children suffering grief & loss, and with SELFA children's charity providing therapeutic support to children (SEND and those struggling to stay in school) and families, working individually and running parent support programmes.
Supervision approach
It is important to me to work relationally and collaboratively with both my clients and supervises. Within my practice I work both intuitively and theoretically to support your work as a supervisee. I support supervisees to feel held, confident and safe through the different stages of growth of their counselling practice.
Working together we explore issues and concerns, overcome challenges and find ways forward whilst encouraging further learning and growth as a therapist as needed.
I work in a structured professional approach using the seven eyed model which helps me as a supervisor to view supervisees work from many different angles. Thinking both creatively and practically about the use of interventions and in understanding your clients allows us to ensure that your clients and you are supported in the best way possible.
CPD: Working Face to face & online, setting up your practice, creative methods in therapy, bereavement, Cancer, Working with trauma, Working with ADHD, Rainbows International children's therapy, Somatics, mindfulness, Inner child work, Art in the Therapy room.
Specialities: Adults, children (7+), teenagers, anxiety, depression, stress, bereavement, cancer, trauma, working creatively, mindfulness, somatics, inner child work.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), Dipl. Therapeutic Counselling, Dipl. Children & Young People, Dipl. Forest School, MBACP, Adv. Dipl. Clinical Supervision
Fees: £60 per hour / Concession for students
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.
