Supervision
A supervisor's eye on your work.
For practising counsellors: the cases that keep you up at night, the boundaries that wobble, the practitioner you want to become.
What supervision is for
Supervision is not someone checking your homework. It is a structured, confidential space to think properly about the work — so the work stays good, and so you do too.
The cases
A second pair of eyes on the work: what you might be missing, what the client's material is stirring in you, and what to do next.
The self in the work
Countertransference, fatigue, the clients who get under your skin. The personal material that inevitably shows up in professional work.
Ethics and boundaries
The grey areas — dual relationships, confidentiality edges, the arrangements that start reasonable and drift.
The practice itself
Fees, caseload, holidays, the business side of a private practice, and how to build the working life you actually want.
Why the qualification matters
Lots of experienced counsellors offer supervision. Fewer have actually trained for it. Being a qualified supervisor means completing a distinct, additional qualification in supervision — a separate body of theory, practice and assessment that goes beyond being good at the job being supervised.
For you as a supervisee, that means a supervisor who has been taught how to supervise: how to hold the dual role of support and accountability, how to work with parallel process, and how to notice the things you are too close to see. It also means a supervisor who is answerable to the same professional standards you are.
How supervisees are supported
An appropriate time, properly yours
One-to-one supervision is generally a 90 minute slot, in person or online. Your agenda leads; mine is to make sure nothing important is quietly skipped.
A rhythm you can rely on
Monthly is the common rhythm; fortnightly suits heavier caseloads or newer practitioners. We agree what fits your practice and review it as the work changes.
Support and challenge
You will get both. A supervisor who only soothes is not doing the job; a supervisor who only challenges is not either. The balance is the craft.
Honest paperwork, lightly held
Supervision records kept to professional standards without turning our time into an admin meeting.
Who comes to me for supervision
Students and new practitioners
Building confidence, finding your own style, and learning what to do when the training room meets the actual client.
Established counsellors
Long-practising counsellors who want a supervisor with enough experience to be worth the effort, and enough distance to be useful.
Practitioners in private practice
Working alone means nobody notices the drift until supervision does. A standing session keeps your practice anchored.
Wondering whether we would work well together?
Fit matters in supervision more than almost anywhere. Send me a message and we will have a short, no-obligation conversation about your practice and what you need.
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