It is more than thinking about clients or the process of counselling.
It is about understanding the world you work in, the work you carry, and how that work can affect you.
Alongside my supervision work, I have a particular interest in reflective practice, ethics, professional identity and supporting practitioners working with complexity, trauma and risk. I’m also involved in professional training and education, including supporting trainee counsellors as they develop their confidence, professional identity and understanding of therapeutic practice.
This interest in how practitioners learn, think and develop continues to inform my approach to clinical supervision throughout their careers.
I’m a counsellor, clinical supervisor, and counselling tutor.
I began my career in stage management, but looking back, my real fascination was always with people – their stories, relationships, and the roles they play – long before I realised that this interest would lead me into counselling.
Perhaps that’s why I enjoy supervision so much.
I understand counselling from the perspective of practitioner, supervisor and educator and I want to offer you the kind of space where you can think freely, make sense of your experiences and grow into the counsellor you want to be.
Working with counsellors at every stage of their career, I often hear the same… The load we carry can be difficult and uneven.
I understand the emotional and ethical complexity that can be present throughout the journey, so I can guide you through the following:
Supervision becomes most valuable when it supports and encourages development – rather than simply managing the process.
I don’t see supervision as instruction.
I see it as a shared thinking space.
A place where we slow things down enough for clarity to emerge.
Is there a formula for good supervision?
I believe it’s about having the space to bring what’s really going on, so we can think it through together, and make sense of the work.
We can explore theory, ethics, and practice, but always in a way that feels relevant to you, the counsellor you’re becoming, and the client you are supporting.
Counselling is emotionally demanding work.
It requires you to hold complexity, uncertainty, and responsibility all at once.
Supervision should help you do that – not by telling you what to do, but by helping you understand your thinking more clearly.
It should give you somewhere to pause, step back from the work, and make sense of what you’re experiencing – so you can return to your clients with greater clarity, confidence, and perspective.
Sometimes, after all the thinking, something simply clicks.
A client makes sense in a different way.
A piece of theory suddenly connects with practice.
Something you’ve been carrying becomes easier to understand.
That’s the lightbulb moment.
If you’re looking for supervision where there’s time and space to really think… perhaps we’d work well together.
