For counsellors & trainees

Clinical supervision that supports the whole of you.

You give a great deal to your clients. Supervision is where that same care comes back to you: a regular, protected space to think about your work, stay safe and ethical, and look after yourself in the process.

As a qualified clinical supervisor, I offer supervision to counsellors and trainees, in person at my practice in Torquay, Devon, or online. It’s not a box to tick or an hour to get through. It’s where you get to think out loud, be properly heard, and keep becoming the practitioner you want to be.

Why supervision matters more than ever

For counsellors in the UK, supervision isn’t a stage you grow out of. The BACP Ethical Framework describes it as essential to good practice, for the whole of your working life, however experienced you are. That’s not bureaucracy; it’s recognition that this work is demanding, and that none of us can see our own blind spots alone.

And it works. A systematic review of the evidence has linked good supervision to stronger practitioner skills, self-awareness and self-efficacy, and to clients themselves reporting greater satisfaction with their therapy. When you’re well supported, your clients feel it too.

Proctor’s three functions

What good supervision actually does.

Normative

Keeping practice safe. Boundaries, confidentiality, risk and working within your competence, with someone in your corner when the decisions are hard.

Formative

Growing your craft. Reflecting on technique, formulation and approach, so your skills keep developing, whatever your stage.

Restorative

Looking after you. Making room for the emotional weight of the work, so it’s metabolised in the room rather than carried home.

A relational, reflective lens

I draw on the Seven-Eyed Model(Hawkins & Shohet), a well-established way of looking at supervision from every angle: the client, your interventions, the relationship between you, your own inner responses, our supervisory relationship, and the wider system you both sit within.

It’s especially good at surfacing the parallel process: the way what happens with a client can quietly echo into our session, and tell us something important.

Who I work with

Counsellors in private practice wanting steady, reliable supervision. Trainees building supervised hours toward qualification. And experienced practitioners who simply want a fresh, grounded perspective from someone who’s still very much in the chair.

Behind every conversation we have are thousands of sessions of my own client work, across individual and relationship therapy, primary care, and bereavement support. I’m not supervising from theory alone.

How I supervise

I bring the same integrative, person-centred warmth to supervision that I bring to the consulting room: honest, human, and unhurried. You set the agenda for what you need; I help you see your work, and yourself in it, more clearly.