Larraine Cox

Hello, I am a BACP accredited, integrative counsellor and clinical supervisor and I understand choosing a supervisor can be difficult.  I will encourage you to meet me for a chat by phone, in person in Runcorn, Cheshire (WA7) or online, by zoom, to check out our fit and, so we can get to know each other a little and be able to ask each other questions, before making any decisions.  

Who Do I supervise?

I supervise one-to-one work with adults, young people work, over the age of 11+ and couples work / relationship counselling and supervising supervision.  I also supervise counselling trainees and staff in want of some external supervision. 

I have a degree in business management and counselled in a school for three years so, I'm very au fait with school / office / inter department politics.

What do I do?

I enjoy working collaboratively with experienced counsellors both supervising their work and/or supervising their supervision. 

It's also a pleasure, to be part of the journey for trainee counsellors.

To my clients, supervisees and all those I work with, including teachers, social workers and staff from other professions, I aim to offer a supportive / reflective space.

Trainee counsellors can need a range of flexible options of supervision, whether this is needing monthly or twice monthly supervision, whether needing an hour or two lots of fourth-five minutes or any other mix - ask me and we'll discuss this. 

I am practical, empathic and I have a good sense of humour and a wealth of knowledge & experience to help with whatever arises in our supervision.

When Do I Work?

To aid my work / life balance, I work Monday to Thursday but I'm happy working early morning, daytime or late afternoon / evenings - subject to availability.

However, if you send me an urgent email on a Friday or weekend you will, whenever possible, get a prompt response but, this could be next day.

What’s My Background / Experience?

I've worked as an integrative counsellor in private practice for eighteen years.  I’ve worked was in the third sector for several charities and, before that in the Chemicals industry.  I've also worked with/for Relate, working systemically with individuals, young people and relationships.  I was a counsellor in a secondary school, for Relate, for three years, so I am familiar with the pressure that can arise in schools and colleges.

I am trained in the use of Mindfulness, NLP, Transactional Analysis, Systemic and Attachment Therapy.  As well as Person Centred, Solution Focused and Integrative approaches and I have a deep interest in Transactional Analysis (TA).

I trained as a Post Graduate Clinical Supervisor in April 2021.  My model of supervision is the '7 eyed model' as described by Hawkins and Shohet.  

As a supervisor, I’ve now completed supervisor reports for supervisee’s accreditation applications and for CPCAB, both 50 & 100 hour reports as well as Mid Placement and MSc Reports.  

Reports do take up a great deal of time and again, I like us to take a collaborative approach - you will usually draft a few ideas / examples of when you applied theory to practice, this ensures course criteria is met.  I will review my supervision logs and together we will create a first version of the report for us to review / work on collaboratively.  When we can, we will work on this within our supervision but, when we can’t – there is a fee for this, which includes all discussions / meetings regarding the report, the write up(s) and any email discussions on this topic – this usually equates to one full session fee.

I offer supervision to any professional who want space and the opportunity to explore their work without prejudice or being 'line managed'.  In some instances, teachers, social workers prefer to call this 'continued professional development'. 

I am down to earth and I will mostly work collaboratively with you but I do challenge, if necessary.  

I do understand that mistakes can feel awful at the time but, I really do believe bringing these mis-steps into supervision can be a great learning opportunity, rather than chalking it up as a failure - none of us are perfect and when we learn from our mistakes, we don’t tend to repeat them.

I believe this applies to successes too - when we look at the positive steps, we are more likely to repeat the successes!

Once we've had a chat, consider this - would you be comfortable asking me a daft question? Could you bring an awful day to me - confident we'd work through it together and find the learning opportunities - if not, I'm not the supervisor for you. 

Where Do I Work With You?

For one-to-one supervision, I am happy to work flexibly - however you need supervision, online, by phone or face to face in WA7 or a mix, whenever is needed.   

Fees For Supervision?

Fees for one-to-one supervision are £50 per hour or £70 for ninety minutes (I offer a discount to newly qualified with less than five clients, full time trainees & students who need a 45 minutes or hour or a mixture a fortnight - please ask me about this).

I’m happy to explore the perils & opportunities of starting up in private practice.

Please note, all supervision is to be paid for in advance and if you need two sessions per month - both sessions have to be paid for at the start of the month.  If this is a problem, talk to me – I am human, I'm likely to understand!

Group Supervision:

We counsellors love our work but, a big downside is we’re often working in isolation.  

This is partially why I also offer online, group supervision.  All of my small supervision groups, are supportive, enlightening spaces even, at times, funny - these are also a great opportunity to share with, and bounce ideas off, other counsellors.  

I love group supervision - consider coming to join me in one of these or, if you need a group for your work or college - contact me and we can explore starting up a group. 

If you are a trainee counsellor - please contact me as when there is enough interest, my next group will be just for trainee counsellors - if you’d be interested, please let me know what days / time / length of supervision - 60 or 90 minutes, might suit you (no obligation).  I’d prefer to keep this group to four so each attendee can each claim 50% of the supervision as their own, as per BACP rules but this will need a commitment from each attendee.

Group Supervision Fees:

My fees for online, group supervisions are reasonably priced, to encourage participation, these are £20 for one hour in the fortnightly group or £30 for the two-hour, online, monthly, groups sessions.

When are the Group Supervisions On?

There is small supervision group on a Tuesday, at 1pm for an hour - we do this twice a month (at lunchtime for convenience) - for up to six counsellors in the group but, due to life & other commitments, usually three or four attend.

There is currently a spare place, so if this time slot would suit you - please let me know and you could start next supervision - give it a try.

I also have three, two-hour, monthly, small supervision groups, all online,:

Monday afternoon, 1.15 and Thursday 12.45 both of these are for relationship counsellors but individual casework can be brought too - there is a space in both these groups.

Wednesday morning, at 9.15am - for general counsellors

All my groups are online, supportive and friendly.  The mix of modalities is really useful too.  There is one spare place, for a relationship counsellor on a Monday or Thursday and one spare place in the fortnightly, Tuesday group - please let me know if you are interested in one of these. 

If the other group would suit you, let me know and I'll put you on a wait list.

Over the years, I have gained a huge bank of experience.  I also worked with groups, as a facilitator for programmes such as 'Separated Parents Information Programme' and 'Choose To Change' the latter,  working with male perpetrators of domestic violence. I am also happy to come to a school or business to supervise groups of staff (even mixed roles) on a monthly / bi monthly / bi term basis. 

Please feel free to contact me for more information or to find out if we'd be a good fit - no obligation

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