Clinical Supervision
I have been working as a supervisor since 2010 when I started working in a primary school where I supported counsellors on placement. I have a particular interest in working with trainees and newly qualified counsellors, owing to my experience as both a supervisor and counselling skills tutor.
Therapeutic approach
My training background was mainly person-centred but as a practitioner I would describe my current practice as pluralistic, with an emphasis on the centrality of the therapeutic relationship, in which both parties learn and develop. As my main counselling practice has been with children and young people, it will come as no surprise that I my practice is informed by attachment theory, neurodevelopment, trauma as well as play and creativity. I subscribe to the Rogerian values of social justice, personal development and learning.
I also work as a mindfulness teacher and weave mindfulness into all my practice. This can be anything from taking a mindful pause, reflecting on the here and now, to some more formal meditation practices. Mindfulness always informs my own being with the client: being aware of my body and mind in the present moment and reflecting on what this means for what is going on for the client and our relationship.
Supervision model
I take a mindfulness-based relational approach, which supports learning from each other and both being changed by the supervisory relationship. This approach changes the quality of the supervisor-supervisee relationship and deepens our capacity to learn together. The conditions that support mutual transformational learning in supervision include:
The sessions will usually start with a check-in, seeing what has been happening since our last session. We might then set an agenda, this is mostly shaped by you, and I will monitor the time, so we get to discuss all items on your agenda. Towards the end of the session, I will attempt to summarise our discussions and draw out any learning or conclusions. We might also agree any follow-up work as a result of the session.
Working with me
If you are interested in working with me, then please get in touch by emailing me or using the contact form. I will offer you a free 30-minute Teams session in which we can get to know each other and discuss how we might be working together. If you decide that you want to go ahead then we will arrange the first session in which we will discuss in more detail what your needs are and what you can expect from me. Based on this I will put together a contract for you to sign and we are ready to go!
Therapeutic approach
My training background was mainly person-centred but as a practitioner I would describe my current practice as pluralistic, with an emphasis on the centrality of the therapeutic relationship, in which both parties learn and develop. As my main counselling practice has been with children and young people, it will come as no surprise that I my practice is informed by attachment theory, neurodevelopment, trauma as well as play and creativity. I subscribe to the Rogerian values of social justice, personal development and learning.
I also work as a mindfulness teacher and weave mindfulness into all my practice. This can be anything from taking a mindful pause, reflecting on the here and now, to some more formal meditation practices. Mindfulness always informs my own being with the client: being aware of my body and mind in the present moment and reflecting on what this means for what is going on for the client and our relationship.
Supervision model
I take a mindfulness-based relational approach, which supports learning from each other and both being changed by the supervisory relationship. This approach changes the quality of the supervisor-supervisee relationship and deepens our capacity to learn together. The conditions that support mutual transformational learning in supervision include:
- Creating a psychologically safe container for the work
- Offering opportunities to mindfully pause in the moment to connect to the body, enhance self-awareness and support a deeper reflection.
- I might share something that I notice in the moment, that might be relevant to the client work or our relationship.
- Working with silence as a support for clarity of reflection, generative thinking and insight and practising this important skill to strengthen the client relationship.
- Learning to be comfortable with not knowing; this can lead to deeper insight into the work.
- Where relevant and appropriate sharing our personal life experiences with the intention to contribute to the learning
- Inviting mutual vulnerability and honesty and recognising our common humanity
- Using mindful techniques to help regulating dysregulated states that might result from the client work
- Compassion and self-compassion are important concepts in my practice.
The sessions will usually start with a check-in, seeing what has been happening since our last session. We might then set an agenda, this is mostly shaped by you, and I will monitor the time, so we get to discuss all items on your agenda. Towards the end of the session, I will attempt to summarise our discussions and draw out any learning or conclusions. We might also agree any follow-up work as a result of the session.
Working with me
If you are interested in working with me, then please get in touch by emailing me or using the contact form. I will offer you a free 30-minute Teams session in which we can get to know each other and discuss how we might be working together. If you decide that you want to go ahead then we will arrange the first session in which we will discuss in more detail what your needs are and what you can expect from me. Based on this I will put together a contract for you to sign and we are ready to go!