My Philosophy of Supervision
“Supervision
aims to facilitate the development of clinical and personal skills in the
context of a relationship in which the therapist feels safe enough to make
mistakes.”
(BASRT)
Supervision is a place to bring any issue that arises from or impacts on your counselling practice.
The primary purpose of supervision is to enhance the therapeutic value of counselling. An important secondary function is to promote the growth of therapeutic competence in the supervisee.
Supervision is primarily a containing and enabling process, rather than an educational or therapeutic process
The
act of reflecting together upon counselling work in supervision is, of
itself, facilitative of the counselling process.
Aspects
of the counsellor’s work with the client are often replayed in some form
in the supervision session. Therefore, dealing with the dynamics of the
supervisory relationship is an important part of the supervision process
and frequently will shed light on work with clients.
The
supervisee may unconsciously both censor the material presented and at the
same time provide clues as to what most needs addressing.
We
do not have to understand everything that is happening in supervision and
can accept that not knowing is a valuable part of the process.
Clinical Supervision
I have undertaken supervision as part of my work since 1998. In 2004, I obtained my Diploma in Integrative Clinical Supervision from CPPD Counselling School. To date, I have provided group and individual supervision to trainee and qualified counsellors at: ChildLine, City & Hackney MIND, CPPD (UK) Ltd, Off Centre Hackney Young People's Counselling Service, Hackney Social Services Leaving Care Team, Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC) and Southmead Touchstone (Bristol).
I am sometimes able to offer private supervision to trainee and recently qualified counsellors for a reduced fee. Supervision sessions take place in Bishopston, Bristol.