Supervision for trainees

What to expect

A person-centred approach to supervision

In our sessions, I invite you to gently explore your processes and what might get in the way of staying fully attuned to your clients’ experiences. Together, we’ll reflect on:

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

If your training incorporates tools and techniques, we’ll consider how these can be integrated in ways that keep the client at the centre. Together, we explore the essential question: “Who am I doing this for?”

Supervision that supports your growth

Training can feel vulnerable: you’re learning, making mistakes, and figuring things out. My supervision creates a shame-free space where you can bring anything: the sessions that went well, the ones that didn’t, the times you felt lost or overwhelmed.

Any feedback I offer will be gentle and encouraging, fostering growth without ever feeling intrusive or dismissive. I believe in collaborative supervision where we explore your development together.

We’ll also attend to:

• How your client relationships are affecting you
• What’s emerging in your practice that needs attention
• How to translate what we discuss in supervision into your work with clients
• Building your confidence and finding your voice as a therapist
• Bridging theory to practice

My approach to supervision

I draw on the Page and Wosket cyclical supervision model, which provides a clear structure for exploring how I can support your growth and how you translate insights from supervision into your practice.

My supervision is:

• Anti-oppressive: We create space to examine issues of power, privilege, and oppression in your work with clients and in our supervisory relationship
• Informed by nature: I’m mindful of the ebbs and flows of everyday life and how we move, anchor, or resist these states
• Without shame: You can bring the messy, uncertain, difficult moments without fear of judgment
• With room for lightness: I welcome humour and laughter: training is hard enough without supervision feeling heavy too

A further note on my approach:

I’m particularly attuned to trainees in marginalised and oppressed bodies, including LGBTQ+ people, people of colour, disabled people, and others who may find that training courses reproduce mainstream narratives and biases. If you’re navigating a training environment that doesn’t always reflect your lived experience, or if you’re questioning the frameworks you’re being taught because they don’t account for oppression and power dynamics, my supervision offers a space to explore this critically and safely. You don’t need to leave parts of yourself at the door.