Melisa Adams
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Supervision details
Supervision should be somewhere you can speak honestly about your work, including the moments when you feel uncertain, stuck or worried that you may have missed something. It should not feel like a test. My aim is to offer a warm, supportive and down-to-earth relationship where you feel able to think openly, develop your confidence and continue growing as a therapist.
I am a qualified clinical supervisor with an Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision. I am also a Senior Accredited BACP psychotherapist, qualified EMDR practitioner and an experienced individual, couples and family therapist.
I work with trainee, newly qualified and experienced counsellors and psychotherapists. I understand that people need different things from supervision at different stages of their careers, so I adapt our work around your experience, client work, learning needs and professional goals.
My approach is integrative and informed by the Seven-Eyed Model. This gives us different ways of looking at the work, including the client’s experience, your responses as the therapist, the relationship between you and the client, the wider system and what may be happening within supervision itself. I use the model flexibly rather than following it as a rigid formula.
My clinical experience includes trauma, anxiety, addiction, neurodivergence, relationship difficulties, couples and family work. I can support reflection on complex presentations, safeguarding, risk, boundaries, ethical dilemmas, endings and the emotional impact of therapeutic work.
For supervisees establishing or developing a private practice, we can also think through professional boundaries, contracting, record keeping, confidentiality, data protection, policies and working ethically within the BACP Ethical Framework. This is a reflective and developmental process, and you remain responsible for ensuring that your own practice, documents, training and insurance meet your individual professional requirements.
My style is active and collaborative. I will listen carefully, ask questions, share my thoughts and help you consider different perspectives. I will not leave you to carry the whole conversation alone, but I will respect your autonomy and help you develop confidence in your own professional judgement.
I offer online supervision at £95 for 90 minutes. If you would like to see whether we may work well together, you are welcome to contact me for a free 15-minute conversation before arranging your first supervision session.
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).
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