Supervision  

Counselling and Coaching Supervision

Counselling Supervision

Supervision is a professional working alliance that has as one of its basic premises that it is usually colleague to colleague, dependent on the supervisee’s level of training and experience. I use the word ‘supervision’ as its professional common usage, but I would prefer the word ‘collaboration’.
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I see supervision as a collaborative relationship. My aim is to provide a safe, open and supportive relationship that provides the elements essential for personal and professional development. To do this I offer a welcoming and friendly reflective space that is supportive, creative and educational as required. This, I hope, will allow you to explore and review your work from our joint perspectives.
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In my own counselling practice, I have been fortunate to work with supervisors who have made it safe to share any anxieties I may have had with my client work. I know from this personal experience how important it is to have this safe space.
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I will in no way judge you, we can all make mistakes, this is one of the ways we learn. I hope to provide a relationship in which you feel safe to share and explore when you feel you have worked well and perhaps not so well.
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As I hope you will gather I am not much interested in seeing this process as one in which I offer you my 'expert opinion' but one in which we share and collaborate and learn together.
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Together we will seek to work in a way that will best encourage you find and develop your strengths and own personal style.

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For supervisees travelling a distance I offer sessions via ‘skype’ .

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My Approach
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I would say am a person centred, relational and Integrative therapist and I offer supervision within the framework that is bounded by the Core Conditions of Rogerian practise. My approach is based on a strong person centred foundation on which I have integrated the humanistic, creative approaches of Gestalt, TA and CBT.
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As an integrative supervisor I work with counsellors who have trained in a variety of different orientations these including person centred, psychodynamic, TA and CBT 
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My Qualifications
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I began my training as a Counsellor in 1997 and began working as a Counsellor in 2000 for the NHS within a GP practice. I also worked with RELATE where I trained as a relationship and couples counsellor.
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I established my independent practice in 2002 offering short and longer term work with both indi-viduals and couples.
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I trained as a supervisor in 2005 and now spend a high proportion of my time offering clinical supervision to other counsellors, counselling students and others in the caring professions.
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I offer supervision for individuals and groups in a variety of caring settings
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- Clinical supervision for experienced and trainee counsellors and psychotherapists who work with both individuals and couples from variety of theoretical orientations
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- External support and supervision for health and social care professional

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- External support and supervision for pastoral care workers and others in the voluntary sector

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Coaching Supervision

Whilst supervision is not mandatory, it is strongly recommended as a way of enhancing a coaches style and approach. Over the next few years as the standards develop in the field of professional and executive coaching, it is expected that mandatory supervision will be required by a number of leading bodies in the field. 
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Many coaches work on their own and it is important to have a safe environment in which to explore what is happening in their coaching relationships. As a coaching supervisor I offer continuing support, learning and personal development. Supervision can also act as a form of quality control, a check that the process is running smoothly and that all key areas are being covered adequately.

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Counselling and Coaching Supervision