Why Supervision?

 

"Supervision is essential to how practitioners sustain good practice throughout their working life.

Supervision provides practitioners with regular and ongoing opportunities to reflect in depth about all aspects of their practice in order to work as effectively, safely and ethically as possible.

Supervision also sustains the personal resourcefulness required to undertake the work." (BACP, 2018)

I support fellow counsellors to :

  • be able to offer their best service to their clients
  • maintain their own psychological wellbeing 
  • develop themselves as professionals
  • develop themselves as individuals
  • feel  safe to be vulnerable and honest  - celebrating what is working and  exploring areas for development and additional support 
  • review their work  holistically , ethically, professionally
  • offer guidance and appropriate challenge 

Reduced Cost Supervision

I’m based in Greater Manchester, providing supervision online to counsellors working with adults.

My fees are at a reduced cost whilst I am completing my clinical hours for a  Level 6 in Clinical Supervision. 

I have decided upon costs  based on my experience, time, running costs (including Supervision of Supervision, PLI insurance) proportional, Zoom subscription, ICO)  and my stage of training in supervision.

As part of my own learning journey, I am  reflecting more deeply and from different view points,  on my own counselling practice and the possibilities of supervision. I would love it if you would consider  being my supervisee, learning together with me, whilst being supported and developed by an experienced practitioner, as I give my the focus to your practice and your processing.

I find it very satisfying when I can be real, when I can be close to whatever it is that is going on within me.

I like it when I can listen to myself. To really know what I am experiencing in the moment is by no means an easy thing, but I feel somewhat encouraged because I think that over the years I have been improving at it.

I am convinced, however, that it is a lifelong task and that none of us ever is totally able to be comfortably close to all that is going on within our own experience.’ (Rogers, 1964)

I’ve 7 years’ experience counselling in NHS settings, charities and in private practice. Areas of practice include:

  • counselling clients with cancer
  • long term health conditions
  • bereavement, depression
  • identity issues
  • abuse
  • adjustments to changes in life stages and losses.

I’m BACP Accredited and qualified in CBT (level 5) but predominantly I’m person-centred at heart, trained in NICE-approved modality of PCE- CfD and I am a qualified tutor of counselling.

 

‘A person cannot teach another person directly: a person can only facilitate another’s learning.’ (Rogers, 1951)

Our supervision may be your primary supervision or in addition to other supervision (for instance to focus on a specific client group or area of your practice or for accreditation applications.)

You may choose to work with me short-term  or as part of a longer-term supervisory relationship, which may extend into when I am qualified as a clinical supervisor (anticipate this will be December 2024).

‘To be with another in this [empathic] way means that for the time being, you lay aside your own views and values in order to enter another’s world without prejudice.

In some sense it means that you lay aside your self; this can only be done by persons who are secure enough in themselves that they know they will not get lost in what may turn out to be the strange or bizarre world of the other, and that they can comfortably return to their own world when they wish.’ (Rogers, 1980)

 

Working Together: 

Before we begin working together, I offer  free Introductory Session (up to 30 minutes) to get a sense of if we are a good ‘fit’ and to explore:

  • how we may work together and what I can offer

  • your previous experience of supervision, your current client group, your expectations of supervision

Availability

Weekday evenings and Saturday mornings. 

If you’d like to in find out more about working together, please get in touch by emailing me.

Email: trudithecounsellor@gmail.com

  

My work experience:

  •  counselling via a range of media (video, telephone and face-to-face)

  •  Person-centred modality at the core of my practice

  • counselling within charities, NHS and private practice settings

  • accredited with BACP

  • qualified tutor of counselling, taught level 2 to level 4 diploma

  • line-managing placement and qualified counsellors  

Prior to qualifying as a counsellor:

  • Museum Educator, Volunteers’ Management in the Third Sector and in Community Engagement for the Fire Service and Ambulance Service