CLINICAL SUPERVISION
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
This is the short version (TL:DR)
I offer clinical supervision for trainees, newly qualified and experienced counsellors, in person in Kingsbridge, Devon, and online across the UK.
I am a qualified clinical supervisor and use Hawkins and Shohet’s Seven-Eyed Model as part of a relational, creative and reflective approach to supervision.
As an AuDHD counsellor, my supervision is shaped by professional training, lived experience and a deep commitment to neurodiversity-affirming practice.
I offer individual and group supervision, with monthly or fortnightly sessions available. Sessions can usually be arranged for 60 or 90 minutes, depending on your needs, training requirements or professional body requirements. We will agree a supervision contract before beginning, including boundaries, confidentiality, ethical responsibilities and how we will work together.
You can also read more about my professional and lived experience on my About Me page.
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Supervision that makes room for complexity
Therapeutic work is rarely simple. Clients bring their stories, relationships, identities, nervous systems, histories, hopes, defences, patterns and pain. As counsellors, we bring ourselves too.
Supervision can be a place to slow down and think carefully about what is happening in the work. It can help you notice the relationship, the process, your responses, the client’s world, ethical questions, risk, uncertainty and the wider systems around the work.
My aim is to offer supervision that is reflective, ethical and human. A place where complexity does not have to be tidied away too quickly.
You may also find my About Me page helpful if you would like to understand more about the experience and values I bring to supervision.
A neurodiversity-affirming approach to client work
Many counsellors want to work more confidently with autistic, ADHD and AuDHD clients, but worry about getting it wrong.
You may be wondering how to adapt therapy, how to understand masking, shutdowns, meltdowns, sensory overwhelm, executive dysfunction, rejection sensitivity or burnout, or how to avoid unintentionally using approaches that increase shame.
Neurodiversity-affirming supervision can help you think about the client’s experience without pathologising difference. It can also help you reflect on communication, pacing, expectations, sensory needs, relational safety and the assumptions that sometimes sit beneath traditional therapeutic practice.
If you are interested in how I write about neurodivergent client work, you may also find my Autism Counselling, ADHD Counselling and AuDHD Counselling pages helpful.
When client work feels complicated
Supervision is not a test you have to pass. It is not a place where you need to perform as the perfect therapist or pretend you are never unsure.
Client work can feel complicated for many reasons. You may feel stuck, confused, protective, frustrated, deskilled, emotionally moved, overly responsible or unsure how to proceed. There may be risk, ethical questions, ruptures, endings, boundaries, safeguarding concerns or uncertainty about what the client needs.
In supervision, we can think together about what is happening and what might be needed next. That may involve practical thinking, ethical reflection, relational exploration or simply making space for the uncertainty before rushing towards an answer.
If your client work often involves neurodivergence, you may also find my AuDHD Counselling page useful as a reflection of how I understand complexity in practice.
Thinking together about autism, ADHD and AuDHD
I offer supervision for counsellors who work with autistic, ADHD and AuDHD clients, and for counsellors who are neurodivergent themselves.
This might include thinking about how autism, ADHD or AuDHD show up in the therapeutic relationship, how masking affects what is visible in the room, how clients communicate distress, or how therapy may need to be adapted so that it does not become another place where the client has to perform.
We can also explore the overlap between neurodivergence and anxiety, trauma, burnout, shame, relationships, identity, work, self-employment, parenting, school experiences and previous therapy.
This work is not about becoming an expert who has every answer. It is about becoming more curious, thoughtful, confident and responsive.
You may also find my Autism Coaching and ADHD Coaching pages helpful if you want to see how I translate neurodiversity-affirming ideas into practical support.
Support with boundaries, confidence and private practice
Supervision can also support the person of the therapist.
This might include confidence, imposter feelings, boundaries, private practice, endings, fees, cancellations, communication, workload, self-employment, marketing, energy, capacity and the emotional load of therapeutic work.
For neurodivergent counsellors, supervision can also be a place to think about your own needs as a practitioner. This might include masking, processing style, sensory needs, organisation, transitions between clients, recovery time, emotional intensity or the pressure to appear more confident and contained than you feel.
You do not have to leave yourself outside the supervision room.
If private practice, self-employment or confidence are important themes for you, you may also find my Autism Coaching, ADHD Coaching and AuDHD Coaching pages helpful.
Curiosity, care and gentle challenge
I believe supervision should feel supportive, but not avoidant. Gentle challenge matters. So does care.
My approach is collaborative and reflective. I will not tell you exactly what to do, but I will help you think carefully about your work, your choices and your responsibilities. Sometimes that may mean asking a question that opens something up. Sometimes it may mean slowing down. Sometimes it may mean naming something that feels important.
I draw lightly on Hawkins and Shohet’s Seven-Eyed Model, which allows us to look at the client, the therapist, the relationship, the supervisor-supervisee relationship and the wider context of the work. I also work relationally and creatively, so supervision can include conversation, reflection, metaphor, visual thinking or more structured exploration where helpful.
The aim is to support ethical, thoughtful and authentic practice.
You may also want to read my About Me page if you would like a stronger sense of my style and values.
How I work as a supervisor
I offer supervision in person in Kingsbridge, Devon, and online across the UK.
I work with trainee counsellors, newly qualified counsellors and experienced practitioners who want reflective, ethical and neurodiversity-informed supervision. I offer individual supervision and group supervision, with monthly or fortnightly options available.
Sessions can usually be arranged for 60 or 90 minutes, depending on what you need and any requirements from your training provider or professional body. I can work with BACP, NCPS, UKCP or training provider requirements where applicable, and we will agree a supervision contract before beginning.
My supervision is practical where needed, but not prescriptive. Reflective, but not vague. Ethical, but not shaming. The aim is to help you feel more grounded, clearer about your client work, more able to trust yourself, and more supported to practise in a way that feels authentic.
Current fees and availability can be discussed during an initial conversation.
Send me a message
If you would like to explore whether we might be a good fit for supervision, you are welcome to get in touch.
You do not have to have everything perfectly worked out before contacting me. If you are looking for supervision that makes room for complexity, curiosity and the human side of therapeutic work, a simple message is enough.
I offer counselling supervision in person in Kingsbridge, Devon, and online across the UK.
