Clinical supervision

My approach

My work is deeply rooted in the person-centred approach, which is my theoretical stance in counselling and psychotherapy.

This approach to supervision integrates seamlessly with other humanistic frameworks, providing a supportive and reflective space that enhances your practice. I offer both compassionate inquiry and direct feedback, depending on what will serve you best in the moment.

As a person-centred supervisor, I invite you to gently look at your processes and explore what might get in the way of staying fully attuned to your clients’ experiences. Together, we will reflect on:

• The needs, fears, and challenges (often referred to as blocks to empathy) that may arise
• The strengths and resources that sustain and enrich your work
• How you’re developing as both a person and a practitioner

If you work within a modality or role that incorporates tools and techniques, we will consider how these can be integrated in ways that keep the client at the centre. Together, we will explore the essential question: “Who am I doing this for?”

Supervision framework

I draw on Page and Wosket’s cyclical supervision model as the framework for our work together. This model provides a clear structure for exploring how I can support your growth within your role and how you can translate the insights from supervision into your work, whether in therapy, community and support work, or advocacy.

Together, we’ll focus on what feels most significant to you and relevant to your clients’ needs at that moment.

Anti-oppressive practice

My approach is firmly grounded in an anti-oppressive perspective, creating space to examine issues of power, privilege, and oppression within our supervisory relationship and your work with clients.

I work from a solid anti-oppressive and anti-diagnostic perspective, whilst valuing diverse ways of understanding and describing clients’ distress and processes. I aim not to challenge or dismiss diagnostic models but to create an opportunity to reflect on and expand how we make sense of what clients bring to therapy.

In our work together, we will explore questions that shift the focus toward understanding your clients’ stories and context:

• Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with them?” we might consider, “What has happened to them and around them?” and “What sense are they making of their experiences?”
• We’ll also reflect on your own process: “What is coming up for you in this work?” and “How does your understanding shape the relationship you’re building with your client?”

This approach invites us to view distress through a lens that honours both the complexity of your clients’ experiences and the strengths they bring to their journey. It also offers a chance for you to grow in how you navigate these narratives, holding space for curiosity and empathy.

Informed by nature

My practice is inspired and informed by nature, where I am mindful of the ebbs and flows of everyday life and how we move, anchor, or resist these states.

Outdoor supervision

There’s something grounding about stepping outside, away from the usual four walls of an office or a screen. Outdoor supervision invites us into a different rhythm, one shaped by the natural world around us. Whether we’re walking through a park or finding a quiet spot to sit, the outdoors can create a sense of openness and calm, offering a space to reflect on your work in a way that feels fresh and intuitive.

For me, being outside mirrors the ebb and flow of the therapeutic and supervisory process: mutuality, non-linearity, and collaboration. It’s about finding balance, adapting, and returning to what feels steady. In outdoor supervision, we have the chance to reconnect not just with our work and our clients but with ourselves.