Clincial supervision

Are you a trained professional or volunteer who works with people in the Helping Professions?

Clinical Supervision can be very helpful when working in a helping capacity, such as a therapist, nurse, teacher/mentor, social worker or in pastoral care for children or adults. The basis of the supervision that I run is prioritising both your own and the person(s) supported's wellbeing, following the BACP ethical guidelines. Supervision can help you feel supported and held within a professional person-centred relationship with your supervisor

to ensure you can do your role safely.

As I am currently a Trainee Supervisor studying my MSc, your supervision is also free of charge.

If you would like to enquire about receiving clinical supervision with me, please get in touch.

What to expect from me

Your supervision can take place either face to face at my office in Totnes, or online via Teams. It will run for 1 hour or 1 and a half hours, once a month or twice a month depending on the amount of support you need and your caseload.

For therapists working in counselling or psychotherapeutic roles, we will be following the BACP ethical framework for supervision. This means if you have up to 8 clients, you will have supervision once a month. If you have more than 8 clients, it will be twice a month.

The modalities used will be mostly based upon the 'Seven Eyed Model' and the 'Cyclical Model's of Supervision, with fundamentally a person-centred working relationship whilst utilising my own personal experience as a qualified integrative therapist.

All supervisee's will have a working contract that we sign and adhere to when we agree to work together. The contract ends when you wish to stop having supervision with me.

What I expect from you

Clinical supervision is different to therapy, it is a confidential space to explore your thoughts and feelings, working processes and life/organisational contexts of how you are able to fulfil your role effectively. Here are a few simple things to bear in mind for your supervision session:

Turn up on time and to let me know in advance if you are late or need to reschedule
To be as honest and congruent as possible
To perhaps be prepared and take notes
Be responsible for your practice at all times
To be open to learning from each other and working collaboratively
To follow your organisation's safeguarding policies and procedures if necessary
To contact your line-manager or supervisor if you are worried or concerned

Confidentiality

Supervision is objective and separate to your workplace and is therefore entirely confidential, however there are a few factors that may impact the confidentiality being breached:

If you or anyone else you know is at risk of immediate or ongoing harm then I may have to notify the appropriate authorities. There can be instances where I do not need your consent for this.
A request by Law maybe made such as notes or information being requested by the Police or the Courts.
Supervision is essential for best practice and ethical requirements under the BACP. I see my own supervisor to discuss my caseload. All of my clients and supervisees are made anonymous.
As I am currently studying an MSc within Supervision, I am required to record some supervisory sessions. This can only be done with your signed consent and will be an excerpt of 30 minutes used for assessment. The file will then be destroyed after the assessment has taken place.