Clinical Supervision

I currently offer sessions via Zoom or in person (in Dunoon, Argyll).

What is Clinical Supervision for counsellors?

"A specialised form of mentoring provided for practitioners responsible for undertaking challenging work with people. Supervision is provided to ensure standards, enhance quality, advance learning, stimulate creativity, and support the sustainability and resilience of the work being undertaken." (BACP Ethical Framework)

Clinical supervision is necessary for all practising counsellors and is a requirement of registration and our ethical framework. I offer the opportunity to explore your counselling practice, skills, values, challenges and client work and have over 25 years' experience supporting peers. The sessions are a mixture of support and monitoring to help your therapeutic work remain professional and ethical whilst challenging you to develop.

I approach supervision from the perspective of support, encouragement, compassion and growth and collaborate with supervisees to enjoy their work and to be the best they can be.

My focus is very much on being a resource that supervisees can access to strengthen and develop their work in a range of areas including professional standards, ethics, law and ways of connecting successfully with clients.

Example of counselling supervisor responsibilities:

• Meeting with you regularly

• Discussing your counselling practice

• Supporting you and your relationship with clients

• Challenging for growth and development

• Catalyst for self-reflection

Why me?

Supervisees often choose to work with me for one of the following reasons:

You are a trainee looking for supervision from a supervisor who understands the requirements of your course
You are setting up in private practice and looking for guidance with this
You are experiencing a professional challenge and would like some guidance and support through it.

This might make me sound very formal and rigid but I'm not! My core training as a person-centred counsellor and extensive experience working integratively underpins my approach. I believe that supervision should be energising and enthusing and I strive to achieve that with reflection, gentle challenge and humour!

To provide some context, I'm an experienced BACP accredited counsellor having been in practice for over 30 years. I've also spent over 25 years supporting counsellors within their practice and trainees throughout their training. My whole career has focused on mental health in one way or another. I completed my training as a mental health nurse in 1987 and my counselling training in 1993. I've worked as a counsellor and clinical supervisor in posts within the NHS, colleges, private practice and charitable organisations.

I was a lecturer in counselling for 25 years when I authored and delivered a BACP Approved route to registration. I have also written three text books and numerous national counselling qualifications.

Cost

60-minute session for registered/accredited counsellors - £60

90-minute session for registered/accredited counsellors - £90

60-minute session for trainee counsellors - £50

This is payable in advance by bank transfer before the time of the appointment.

Remote appointments

I am a professional member of ACTO (level 2) so am qualified to work via remote platforms such as Zoom.

Confidentiality

The content of sessions is confidential although I will discuss my work with my clinical supervisor.

I am registered as a Data Controller with ICO, registration reference ZB294819 to meet legal requirements regarding the safe storage of your personal information.

Due to my respect of your privacy, I would request that you do not identify me on social media.

Cancellation

If you wish to cancel or reschedule a session, this can be done by email or text.

Sessions cancelled with more than 24 hours’ notice will be rescheduled without charge. Sessions cancelled within 24 hours will be charged at the full rate. This is due to it being too short notice to reallocate the appointment.

Complaints

If there are any aspects of my counselling service that you are unhappy with, please discuss this with me in the first instance. If you feel your concern has not been fully addressed, I am a member of the BACP and as such abide by their professional standards. You are able to report any complaints directly to them.

Telephone: 01455 883300 and select option 3

Email: ask@bacp.co.uk