Supervision details
I offer clinical supervision for counsellors, psychotherapists and practitioners who want a supportive, thoughtful and alive space to reflect on their work.
My approach to supervision is integrative, relational, systemic and mindful. I bring warmth, humour and a willingness to think sideways – bring your spirituality, your creativity, your uncertainty, your instincts, and the parts of your clinical self that are still finding their shape. I do not think supervision is best served by rigid formulas or overly polished certainty. Good clinical work is often subtle, awkward, moving, funny, confusing and deeply human — sometimes all before 10.15am.
In supervision, I aim to bring warmth, curiosity, humour and careful attention. I am interested not only in what is happening with the client but also in what is happening in you: your responses, doubts, instincts, frustrations, tenderness, blind spots and moments of not-knowing. These are often valuable clinical material, not signs that something is going pear-shaped.
My style is supportive and gently challenging. I want supervision to feel safe enough for honesty, but engaged enough to be useful. Together, we can think about the therapeutic relationship, ethical questions, clinical uncertainty, risk, boundaries, difference, identity, culture, and the emotional impact of the work.
I draw on relational, psychodynamic, humanistic and mindfulness-informed perspectives. Mindfulness, for me, is not about becoming serenely unbothered by everything, a suspiciously ambitious project, but about developing a clearer, kinder and more embodied awareness of what is present. This can help us stay closer to ourselves, our clients and the complexity of the work.
Supervision with me may include attention to:
client material and therapeutic process
transference, countertransference and relational dynamics
the therapist’s use of self
ethical dilemmas and professional responsibilities
risk, safeguarding and boundaries
confidence, self-doubt and professional development
difference, identity, power and culture
the impact of the work on you as a practitioner
I welcome both trainees and qualified therapists, particularly those who are drawn to integrative, relational or reflective ways of working.
My hope is that supervision with me offers a place where you can feel supported, understood and encouraged to develop your own therapeutic voice — not a borrowed version of someone else’s.
I currently work with student, recently qualified and highly experienced therapists as well as senior charity and business leaders.
For those still reading, I have a Level 5 Certificate in Public Service Management and a Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision. I failed O-level Chemistry.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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.
