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Supervision

Individual supervision

Group supervision

Case-specific supervision

Supervision is a space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what anchors you in your work. It’s a chance to explore the challenges, meaning and purpose behind what you do. In our time together, we will look at the relationships you build—with your clients, your practice, and yourself—with curiosity and care.

At the heart of supervision is the opportunity to understand and nurture what makes you uniquely you. Your working style, resources, and values are the foundation of your practice, and together, we will explore how to strengthen and expand them. 

Supervision is also a time to slow down and reflect on the connections you create with your clients and how your processes shape those relationships. Through thoughtful dialogue, we will uncover insights that help you stay attuned to your clients while remaining grounded in who you are as a person and practitioner.

I welcome humour and laughter in the sessions. Just because it can sometimes feel difficult and heavy, it doesn’t mean we can’t invite what feels good and connecting into our practice and supervisory relationship. 

Supervision doesn’t have to be difficult—it can be gentle, encouraging, and deeply rooted in what feels good and true, where challenges can be embraced rather than shame-inducing. We need supervision in our work to be ethical practitioners, you need a space to fully bring all aspects of your practice, knowing support is available to you.

Whether you’re seeking clarity, perspective, or simply a safe space to explore, the type of supervision I offer is an invitation to deepen your practice and reconnect with what matters most in your work.

What to expect during supervision

Supervision model and frameworks (a person-centred way)

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 client’s needs at that moment.

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.

Additionally, 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. 

A note on the person-centred perspective in supervision

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

This approach of supervison integrates seamlessly with other humanistic frameworks, providing a supportive, reflective space that enhances your practice. Any challenges I offer will be gentle and encouraging, fostering growth without ever feeling intrusive or dismissive.

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 client’s experiences. Together, we will reflect on the needs, fears, and challenges- often referred to as blocks to empathy- that may arise and the strengths and resources that sustain and enrich your work.

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

Supervision for trainees

At present, I don’t have any availability for trainees. I will review this in June 2025

I trained in Person-Centred therapy at Strathclyde University (Glasgow) and own a Certificate in Clinical Supervision with a person-centred lens from Persona Counselling (Stirling). This means I am particularly suited to work with trainees who are undertaking a diploma in person-centred or pluralistic theory or those studying the person-centred module on a counselling psychology course.

Frequency: Each accrediting body and training provider has their own supervision requirements, and I will work within those frameworks. In addition to this, I also ask to meet at least twice a month, independent of your supervision requirements: this would allow us to build a rapport whilst giving me a greater sense of who you are as a practitioner during your training and ensuring you are working safely and ethically with your clients.

Reviews: Each training provider has its policies and procedures to review its students’ capacity to work ethically and safely with clients. We will arrange a session to reflect this. When this is not part of the course requirements, a supervision session is organised halfway through your client’s work to review your work and discuss areas of development.

What’s more?

I encourage you to book an introductory call to talk about whether my supervision style fits you and your needs. 

Case-specific supervision: I do offer case-specific supervision sessions on the themes of outdoor therapy, substance and alcohol use, working in prisons, voice hearing and dissociative processes. My supervisors, mentors and peers have a strong understanding and working experience on these topics and offer invaluable support and guidance. I have particularly nurtured these areas of work through readings, training, and work in specialised services.

Anti-oppressive practice: I approach these and other topics from a solid anti-oppressive and anti-diagnostic perspective whilst valuing diverse ways of understanding and describing a client’s 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 client’s story and context. Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with them?” we might consider, “What has happened to them?” and “What sense are they making of their experiences?” At the same time, we will reflect on your own process with questions like, “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 client’s 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, empathy, and empowerment in your work.

A note on 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 is 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.

Please note that outdoor supervision is offered on a Thursday morning.

“You can only take your clients as far as you’ve been in your own therapy”

~ a mentor

Possible topics addressed in supervision

Individual supervision

Group supervision

(Coming 2025)

Case-specific supervision

 online     outdoor    Glasgow office 

£60 for 1 hour

£50 for 1 hour for trainees in counselling/ psychotherapy/ counselling psychology

Working hours:

Monday and Tuesday: 8am to 4pm

Wednesday 8am to 12pm

Thursday: 9am to 12pm (online and outdoors only)