Supervision details
Introduction:
My intention is to work with supervisees in a way that is warm, sensitive, validating and deeply collaborative. I will hold a process and emotion focused space for you - in which you can explore your own way of being in practise. I feel passionate about supporting practitioners who may feel isolated in their person centred values and philosophy. I am passionate about person centred experiential practice. I support the de-medicalisation of distress and do not label or pathologise human experience.
I offer clinical and reflexive supervision to therapists, trainees, researchers, and others in relational or emotionally demanding roles. My approach is person-centred, experiential, and grounded in authenticity, warmth, and deep respect for your process.
Supervision with me is not about fixing or judging—it’s a shared space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with your values. It's a place where your therapeutic work, personal responses, and professional challenges can be explored with care and honesty. I hold space for both the visible and the subtle: what you say, how you feel, and what might be stirring beneath the surface. I often encourage supervisees to turn inwards and pay attention to their emotions and felt-sensing.
Who I work with:
- Qualified therapists looking for depth, spaciousness, and emotional honesty
- Trainee counsellors and psychotherapists seeking supportive, values-based supervision
- Practitioners working with embodied, creative, or research-led approaches
- Non-therapists in caring, educational, or community-facing roles who need a reflective, confidential space
My approach:
Rooted in person-centred experiential values, my supervision is relational and responsive. I aim to be fully present, attuned, and open to whatever arises—whether that’s a complex client process, your own emotional responses, or the deeper ethical and personal questions that accompany this work. I draw on over two decades of therapeutic experience, and hold space with gentleness and care, especially where vulnerability, uncertainty, or tenderness are present.
What might we focus towards in supervision?
All sessions are co-created and led by you the supervisee. There is no fixed agenda; we talk about what will be useful for each session. Some of the processes we might work with include:
- Your emotional process when with clients; identifying and unpacking blocks to empathic responsiveness which may be out of your awareness.
- Paying attention to felt-senses; helping you identify habitual ways of relating and allowing you to clear a space within you, so that you feel more present for your clients.
- Working with ethical dilemmas; slowly unpacking the dynamics and emotions, so that you feel connected to your own agential self and more able to make clear decisions.
- Integrating aspects of theory into your own process experiential learning; for example, we might make use of the PCEPS-10 (see below) as a reflexive aid.
- Sharing the emotional impact and load of client work; allowing you to feel lighter and untangled in your process, and so more present with clients.
- Exploring what genuinely empathic prizing of each client might mean for you; and the challenges of offering this across a wide range of clients.
- Addressing the impact of systems and organisations; particularly if they feel challenging towards your way of being relationally present with clients.
Fees:
Qualified practitioners: £60–£80 per hour (sliding scale - you choose)
1.5-hour sessions: £90–£110 (sliding scale - you choose)
Students: Reduced fees (on a sliding scale) - Please get in touch to discuss your needs.
You’re welcome to choose a fee on the sliding scale that feels fair and sustainable for your circumstances. I trust you to make the choice that’s right for you.
Working with student/trainee counsellors
I have over 23 years experience of working collaboratively with students as they develop their own way of practising. I very much enjoy offering supervision for trainees. My PhD research focuses on the benefits of supervision for students when developing their own practice based wisdom and professional focus.
The Person Centred Experiential Psychotherapy Scale (PCEPS-10).
I am one of the co-authors (along with Professor Robert Elliott) of the Person Centred Experiential Psychotherapy Scale (PCEPS-10). This is a measure that articulates the relational qualities found within Person Centred Practice. The PCEPS-10 is widely used in counselling training - and can be a useful focus for reflexive practice within supervisions. I feel very passionate that the measure is not misused in a reductive manner. It is intended to articulate and protect the holistic, relational and non-expert empathic presence of person-centred therapy. Please do get in touch if you would like to discuss this aspect of practice in more detail.
Sessions and availability:
Supervision is available online, or in-person from my purpose built therapy room. Sessions can be booked as ongoing regular support or on a one-off or ad hoc basis.
I work with both individuals and groups. I am open to discussing bespoke group needs - if you already have a group of likeminded practitioners who are interested in working together as a group, please get in touch and we can discuss setting up an ongoing supervision group.
Testimonials:
Please do have a look at some of the testimonials offered by my supervisees to get a feel for how I work and how supervisees have experienced being in supervision with me.
"The support I receive from Graham as my supervisor has been life-changing. Graham has helped me, both professionally and personally, to become a better counsellor and to transform my life. I have an increased self-awareness and self-confidence in my abilities as a counsellor/psychotherapist. Graham's warmth, tenderness, presence and deep empathy, means that I always feel safe in our sessions, and I feel understood. I feel held emotionally and I am able to fully trust Graham - which means that I feel free to share anything. This in turn means that I am more fully available emotionally for my clients and I have a deeper understanding of my own process. It is hard to put into words but I am incredibly grateful to Graham for all of their support."
"Graham and I have been working together for just over a year, and they have been brilliant to be with. I really look forward to my monthly supervision sessions. I always arrive with so much to explore, but regardless of the tangle of ideas and feelings I bring, I leave supervision feeling deeply understood, and untangled. I've noticed how all kinds of boundaries and barriers have been carefully approached and explored during sessions enabling me to illuminate and connect facets of my experience that may have been neglected or exiled. This welcoming in and connection to and with all parts of me, has led to me feeling more fully present. I enjoy the blend of feeling deeply relationally connected and safe, while simultaneously being able to engage on a theoretical level with ideas about various aspects of therapy, literature and human experience. Our supervision sessions re-energise me, sending me away full of vital enthusiasm for my month ahead."
Next steps:
If you'd like to explore supervision with me, you're welcome to get in touch. I’m happy to offer a short initial call to see if we’re a good fit.
More information here:
https://www.grahamwestwell.com/individual-supervision
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