Clinical Supervision for Therapists

Clinical supervision that stays close to the work

I offer supervision for psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors who want to think carefully about what is happening in the therapeutic relationship. My approach draws on ISTDP, attachment and psychodynamic thinking, and I work with clinicians from different therapeutic models.

We use the material you bring from sessions—moments of connection, impasse, uncertainty or strong feeling—to understand the client’s difficulties, your responses and the next clinical step.

The relationship between supervisor and supervisee can also be a useful window onto the work. Like the therapeutic relationship, it may make patterns around trust, authority, closeness, difference or uncertainty more visible, so that they can be thought about together.

What we may focus on

Supervision offers space to slow down before reaching for a technique or explanation. We can look at a client’s presenting difficulty, the ways the work may be stuck, and what is being communicated between you.

We may pay particular attention to beginnings and endings, the therapeutic alliance, repeated patterns, strong feelings, boundaries and clinical uncertainty. The aim is not to impose one model, but to help you use your own thinking with more confidence and precision.

Using your responses as clinical information

Clients often communicate their expectations of relationships through how they respond to us. We can explore your feelings, thoughts and impulses in the room alongside the client’s verbal and non-verbal responses.

This can be especially useful when a piece of work feels repetitive, emotionally intense, unclear or difficult to move forward.

Working with difference, power and context

Identity, culture, class, race, gender, sexuality, disability and professional power shape every therapeutic relationship. Supervision should make room to think about these realities, including the moments when they are difficult to name or understand.

We can explore how social context and difference may be affecting the client, the therapeutic process and your position in the work.

Practicalities

I offer supervision online and in person near Earl’s Court, Kensington. Sessions are £130 for 50 minutes.

If you would like to see whether my approach suits your work, you can arrange a brief consultation.

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What supervision can support

Reflective clinical practice

Notice your responses to clients
Recognise patterns in the therapeutic relationship
Think through clinical decisions

Use your clinical responses

Reflect on feelings that arise in the work
Identify support and learning needs
Develop your own therapeutic style

Strengthen therapeutic relationships

Attend to the therapeutic alliance
Explore misunderstandings
Discuss difficult moments
Work with boundaries
Support collaboration

Reflect on clinical self-doubt
Recognise the limits of your role
Think about the impact of the work
Maintain curiosity and perspective

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