SUPERVISION

I am a BPS approved clinical supervisor and can offer supervision to mental health professionals. Supervision can be provided using a range of approaches including CBT, systemic therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, CFT, ACT, and narrative therapy.

Supervision is typically available face-to-face at my Practice, via Zoom or Skype.
Through supervision, I aim to provide supervisees with the following opportunities:
 

• The experience of a safe and supportive environment to make personal reflections on their clinical practice.
• The space to discuss and build case formulations and treatment plans for individual clients.
• The chance to develop therapy skills and techniques, using role play exercises, case discussion and reviews of the latest research literature and practice guidelines.
• Meaningful and constructive feedback by rating audio/video recordings of supervisee's therapy sessions using the CTS-R.
• A learning environment to make theory-practice links using the latest models/protocols and research.
• A safe space to discuss any concerns about particular clients, in confidence and with discretion.
• Professional support for career development.

Group Supervision in Horsforth, Leeds, LS18

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Group Supervision page. I hope you will find enough here to give you a sense of what to expect if you are considering joining the group.

The Group Supervision Experience

I strive to facilitate a small, safe and supportive group of practitioners who develop a collaborative working relationship, each bringing a thoughtful contribution to the supervision experience. Supervisees bring case work in roughly equal rotation and, in sharing their experience of their work with the group, can benefit not only from a direct supervisory relationship, but also the collaborative exploration with the group - which of course, includes the observation, reflection and participation of the supervisor.

Part of the value of joining a group for clinical supervision is exploring what has been reflected in the group process that might further our understanding of the work we have in view; this can be revealing and informative in a number of ways. While that means that technically, this group might seem to be grounded in the Group Analytic tradition and perhaps at first glance might feel most familiar to those with an interest or training in relational, systemic, psychodynamic or possibly integrative psychotherapy, it is not far removed from most orientations and modalities and excludes perhaps only CBT. All modalities are welcome and a mix of orientations in the group adds richness and diversity to the material and language included. Perhaps the most important (only?) criteria for joining is having an interest in using a supervision group to gain insight into the work we do.

As supervisor, I hold all the usual clinical and supervision responsibilities, will provide space for each supervisee, and agree arrangements with each member, etc.

The answer is yes, but not with the same supervisor as it would create a conflict of interest for the supervisor in one or the other setting.

I am a BACP Accredited counsellor & psychotherapist with eight years and comfortably more than 8,000 hours of post-training clinical experience. This experience has been gained by working in a variety of demanding settings, including NHS Primary and Secondary Care, CMHT, EAP, private practice and voluntary/third sector agencies.

I have experience of a number of the challenges that face therapists in the current working environment, including mental health experience, abuse, trauma, suicide and risk, the pressure of performance and measurement, various psychiatric and personality disorders (see Psychotherapy), and more.

I have recently moved from working as a Band 7 Adult Psychotherapist with Leeds pft Psychological Therapy Service seeing outpatients at the Becklin Centre to leading the counselling team at Leeds Mind Wellbeing Service in Clarence House, Horsforth. The rest of my week is given over to working in private practice.

My first training extended over 4-years at Metanoia Institute and I have completed a further two years post-graduate training in Systemic Practice, at Leeds Family Therapy & Research Centre. I have recently completed further training for a diploma in group supervision at The Institute of Group Analysis in London.

If you would like more information, have a look at my Professional Profile, where you will also find details of My Training & Qualifications, or get in touch to talk in person.

The group will run fortnightly, preferably on a weekday morning (this can be changed by mutual negotiation), with the intention of running for a minimum of one year. Supervision will be at my practice address: 69A New Road Side, Horsforth, LS18 4JX. If you need more supervision hours and the rest of the group also agree, it is possible that the group can meet weekly.

The group will take the usual vacations and breaks during the year.

ndividual supervision sessions are charged at £120 per 60 minute session. Groups are £60 for each person attending a 90 minute group. Longer groups can be arranged if needed.