I am an experienced supervisor offering both clinical supervision and academic mentoring. I am empathetic, approachable, and open-minded. I have worked with many trainees, newly-qualified and experienced counsellors and therapists based in schools, colleges and private practice.
I have supported supervisees from their first client sessions to qualification, setting up their own private practice and beyond. I am a UKCP and BACP accredited psychotherapist with more than 20 years of experience working with young people, couples, and adults.
Some of my supervisees have passed their academic essays and case studies with distinctions, and I am very proud of their achievements. Here’s what some CCPD students have said about my sessions:
“The non-judgemental, constructive feedback I receive from you reinforces my confidence, helping me to internalise the compassionate approach I strive to offer my clients. I find a secure space for reflection and development, a space I am inspired to recreate for my clients, enabling them to grow.”
“Thank you for your insightful guidance. I really appreciate all the work that I've done with you so far in supervision. I find it really beneficial.”
As a supervisor, I provide what Page and Wosket called the Space (in their Cyclical Model). “This is the heart of the supervision process, the part of supervision in which reflection, exploration, recognition, insight and understanding can all occur.” (1994:103).
I trained as an Integrative Supervisor at CPPD in 2022, and I appreciate the myriad theoretical ways one can work with and help clients to achieve their therapeutic goals. My style is less approach-specific, though I have MSc level training in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and have additional training in CBT and a thorough knowledge of Person-Centred modalities.
My focus is relational. In addition to considering the client’s own process, I encourage exploration of relational dynamics (both in the therapy and regarding any parallel process in supervision) and whatever may be arising at a personal level which impacts on the therapy. However, my starting point is to consider your own model of working and I invite you to bring issues or cases to explore. I appreciate the fact that supervision can sometimes feel quite shaming, and I would encourage you to be open also to celebrating your successes.
I look forward to working with you soon.