This page tells you a bit about my role as Clinical Supervisor.  This service is available to Counsellors and Psychotherapists as well as to Keyworkers, Support Workers and Project Workers; whose work involves supporting clients.

As Clinical Supervisor my role, in working with a supervisee, is to:

  • Identify and meet the needs of the supervisee. 
  • Provide support
  • Provide mentoring
  • Provide coaching
  • Provide advice and guidance
  • Provide motivation

My areas of focus, for the supervisee, are:

  • The Counsellor / Psychotherapist Role
  • Personal Development
  • Professional Development

 

My style of work aims to deliver a relationship with the supervisee, comprising of:

  • Mutual openness
  • Help to enable the supervisee to feel comfortable within supervision
  • Help to enable the supervisee to accept constructive criticism
  • Mutual respect
  • Mutual acceptance of differing styles and orientations as practictioners
  • Consistency
  • Emotional support to the supervisee
  • Sharing of clinical responsibilities

My aim is to deliver, to the supervisee, the following:

  • Empowerment
  • Concern for the supervisee; distinct from that of their client
  • Validation
  • Safety
  • Trust
  • Acceptance
  • Clear guidance
  • Regular Feedback
  • Honesty
  • Encouragement to make decisions
  • Recognition that it is okay to sometimes 'get it wrong'.