Michael Watson
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Supervision details
I provide clinical supervision to both qualified counsellors and counselling students, offering a supportive, reflective, and collaborative space for professional growth and development.
My supervision qualification was gained through the Manchester Institute of Transactional Analysis (MITA), and I work primarily within Hawkins and Shohet's Seven-Eyed Model of Supervision. This integrative framework enables exploration of the therapeutic relationship, client work, practitioner development, and the wider systemic context in which counselling takes place.
As a supervisor, I strive to create a warm, caring, and non-judgemental environment where supervisees feel safe to reflect on their practice, celebrate successes, and explore challenges. Alongside reflective dialogue, I bring a variety of practical tools and resources that can enhance clinical thinking, self-awareness, ethical practice, and professional confidence.
I offer a free 30-minute introductory session, providing an opportunity for us to discuss your supervision needs, answer any questions you may have, and explore whether we would be a good fit to work together.
Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to arrange an introductory conversation.
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.
