This page is for psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, and other health professionals who are looking for a clinical supervisor.
Supervision is a respectful and non-judgemental space for you. The aim of the space is to nurture you by reflecting together on your clinical work. There may also be times you wish to gain a peer opinion, or just check in. Sometimes we don’t know what we need from supervision until we arrive in the space. I am there to support you in your clinical practice. It can be as little or as often as you require. Offering clinical supervision is an aspect of my work that I thoroughly enjoy and have a real passion for.
I have a broad range of supervision experience and have often supervised individuals with different training to me. This has allowed me to be very adaptable and flexible with my approach ensuring it meets the other persons need.
If you would like to have a chat to see if I might be a good fit for your supervision needs, please send me a message here.
Reflective practice
In addition to individual clinical supervision I also offer reflective practice spaces for teams who wish to have these facilitated externally. If you would like to enquire more about these please don’t hesitate to get in touch here.
“The more reflective you are, the more effective you are”
Hall & Simeral (2015)
“Reflective practice is a form of in-depth thinking about work activity with the aim of developing as a practitioner”
Kurtz (2019)
We often work in very busy and reactive environments which require us to make quick, in the moment, decisions. This means that sometimes we don’t give ourselves the space and time to fully connect with a situation and think about what went well, what could be done differently, what was going on between us/others, why we did what we did etc. Reflection is a way to slow down and consider our practice in depth and think about what we do. It is rooted in the lived experience of practitioners and is a type of group supervision that is focused on clinical practice.
Group reflective practice allows us to come together as a team and build collective wisdom through the sharing of ideas and knowledge. It uses the resources of the group to develop thinking about problems and challenges.
The benefits of reflective practice
Reflective practice can make us better practitioners and increase our wellbeing.
Reflective practice groups give teams the opportunity to take the time and space to process and make sense of clinical issues. Staff in many healthcare organisations can sometimes feel overworked and highly stressed and the demand on staff to meet a higher clinical need can result in them feeling under resourced practically, intellectually and emotionally. Reflective practice is often brought in to assist with this, as individuals can access the help and support of their colleagues, which can help strengthen a sense of teamwork and relationships within the team. Reflective practice has huge benefits in increasing self-awareness and in developing a better understanding of others. Reflective practice can also help you to develop creative thinking skills and encourages active engagement in work processes.
What can I expect?
Reflective practice often takes place in groups. These groups will have a clear focus on clinical practice and on developing thinking in the work situation. These groups utilise the resources of the group as different members of the teams may have different lived experiences, different levels of knowledge and different emotional, imaginative and intellectual resources. This allows the team to work together and access new ways of thinking about challenges and dilemmas.
How is reflective practice different to individual clinical supervision?
Group reflective practice differs from individual clinical supervision as it aims to develop the capacity of the group to use peer support and create a more reflective environment in which colleagues are better able to draw on each-other for support and development of their thinking about clinical cases on a day-to-day basis. The overall focus of reflective practice should be on helping individuals working with the task.