Sara Mathews
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Supervision details
Like Shohet and Shohet I'm a bit in love with Supervision ( it's a wonderful book if you haven't read it) I have worked extensively with both trainee counsellors and experienced practitioners. Jenny Biancardi who trained me always said you need to feel able to take the stuff that makes you most anxious to your supervisor and that needs to feel OK. I strongly believe this principle is at the heart of good supervision alongside a passionate belief in collaborative working.
I trained as a PC practitioner and nowadays often use TA, Creative ways of working and increasingly Psychodynamic theory - especially Attachment in my supervisory work. These last two years have led to a growing interest in Internal Family Systems which is now showing up in my supervisory work. I will always try to meet you where you are so together we can find ways to work helpfully for you. I have a lot of experience with Grief, Loss and Change; Trauma and Relationship difficulties and started my counselling career working with problem gambling and substance abuse.
If you would like to listen to me talk a bit about my supervision work then this podcast I recorded with Dr. Michelle Seabrook will give a flavour of my way of working you can find the link in the Media section of my website.
At the moment I work with a wonderfully broad range of supervisees. A mixture of private practitioners:those working with childen and young people; survivor's of sexual violence; clients who have been bereaved by suicide; parents and carers whose children have died; practitioners running a clinical list and also managing and leadng services; practitioners working with survivor's of child sexual abuse and clients dealing with anxiety, low mood and life transitions. I really enjoy the variety and learn a huge amount from these practitioners whose work I respect and admire. Some sessions are all business, when someone comes with a very clear idea of the clients they want to talk about, other sessions are more exploratory. Sometimes life happens and that's what needs to be discussed to help a practitioner regain some perspective and equilibrium.
It is such precious and valuable work. I am grateful to be able to do it!
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Accredited register membership
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