My approach to supervision
I am a Humanistic supervisor, providing supervision to trainees, newly qualified, and experienced counsellors, mental health practitioners, and caring professions.
Supervision is reflection-in-action, and it is where I feel most at home. Before I trained to be a counsellor, and then a supervisor, I taught reflective practice in the social sciences for over a decade.
I use the seven-eyed model of supervision. This model focuses on seven perspectives – with an eye on the client; the interventions; the client-therapist relationship; the therapist; the therapist-supervisor relationship; the supervisor; and the wider context.
Supervisory sessions might cover:
Bringing awareness to the thoughts, feelings and assumptions that might be effecting your therapeutic relationships and our supervisory relationship;
Identifying areas of risk or safeguarding concerns and agreeing on action.
Critical self-reflection on areas of growth - learning from mistakes.
Identifying blinds spots and noticing what you might not be bringing to supervision.
Your restorative needs to maintain resiliance and avoid burnout.
Working creatively, with images, creative writing, poetry, metaphors, drawing, dreams, music, and parts work.
Working with your body. For example, inviting you to notice what you are experiencing in your body, as well as your thoughts and feelings.
Personal development and growing your practice.
My Experience and Qualifications
I have a Certificate in Creative Supervision. I am BACP Accredited, and have a decade of experience in counselling. I have a PGDip in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the University of Brighton, and I draw on theory from Person-Centred, Gestalt, Existential and Transactional Analysis therapies. I am process-focused, and work relationally with clients and supervisees. My supervision training had a strong focus on creativity, and I use creative methods with clients and supervisees to support their reflection.
As well as being a counsellor and supervisor, I am an experienced teacher with over two decades of teaching experience in the social sciences, counselling and psychology. I currently teach on the ‘Introduction to the therapeutic relationship and counselling skills’ module at the University of Brighton, and I am an Associate Lecturer in counselling and mental health at the Open University.
Contact details and fees
Please get in touch with me here if you would like to have a 50 minute introductory session. I offer this for £30, which is less than half the cost of a normal 50-minute session.
Fees are: £65 for a 50-minute session (twice a month) or £100 for a 120-minute session (once a month)
We can meet online, via Zoom, or in-person in my room near Fiveways in Brighton.
