Supervision details
I understand that your counselling supervision relationship is an essential part of work you do. Finding a trusted supervisor, that you can work with openly, is core to your ethical practice, professional development and growth as practitioner.
I have an open, responsive, and collaborative approach to supervision. Working from the person centred approach, I bring a wide range of professional experience to the working relationship. My areas of professional interest include mind-body connection (meditation), creative writing and group work. I also have a professional interest in considerations of social class in the counselling profession.
My psychotherapy training includes gestalt and psychodynamic approaches, before qualifying in Person Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow in 2017.
Before becoming a therapist, as a biosciences graduate I worked in range of technical and management roles for a number organisations in the voluntary and private sector focusing on health, safety and well-being. I am a member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
I work in practice practice in Edinburgh, but open to working online with supervisees anywhere in the UK. I have also worked for a number of third sector counselling organisations in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
I am part of The Next Chapter in Edinburgh, a group of trusted counsellors that work together. You can find out more about me from our website www.thenextchapter.org.
I am a registered member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and abide by their code of ethics as part of my commitment to best practice. I welcome inquires from trainees, counsellors/psychotherapists, and those in allied mental health professions.
Fees
Free Introductory meeting (20mins) either in person or online.
Session fees are £55/hour for supervisees and £50 for counselling training 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.
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.
