Supervision

****I currently have space for one to two new supervisees starting in January 2025 and would be pleased to hear from you if you’re interested in exploring whether we might work well together.****

My approach to supervision

My guiding principle as a supervisor is to support you to feel confident, grounded and skilled in your practice.

For me, the foundation of good supervision is to build a trusting, solid, collaborative relationship between supervisor and supervisee where you can feel safe enough to explore aspects of the work you might be finding challenging or feeling unsure about. I also believe in affirming your strengths and celebrating as you grow in confidence and experience. My style is warm, committed and down-to-earth.

I like to make space in supervision for reflecting on the specifics of client work, broader therapy themes, how you want your practice to develop as well as the ways in which your personal life and professional work might be influencing each other.

I’m a relational gestalt supervisor and so that means I’ll often bring an experiential slant to supervision, incorporating aspects of here-and-now experience and offering experiments. We may also explore what’s happening in our relationship to provide a lens on work with clients, including issues relating to power and anti-oppressive practice.

One of the aspects of being a therapist and supervisor that I love is that there is always more to learn, experience and reflect on and so I actively encourage your enthusiasm for learning and questioning in supervision and holding a space for not yet knowing.

I also recognise the importance of bringing rigour and ethics into the supervision process, so that we ensure supervisees are accountable to their clients and working ethically in their clients’ best interests.

Who I work with

I have a special interest in empowering women practitioners to grow and thrive in their therapeutic practice and to supporting newly-qualified or early career counsellors embarking on the process of finding their own style, strengths and preferences as a practitioner. I believe good supervision plays a vital role in establishing a solid ground for your work with clients.

Practicalities

My fee is £80 for supervision with some reduced fee space available.

I am available to work with qualified BACP-registered counsellors and psychotherapists. I am also available to work with trainees, depending on the specific requirements of your course. I am currently working towards UKCP’s specific accreditation requirements for supervisors and will be available shortly for UKCP registered practitioners and trainees, but not currently.

I offer fortnightly supervision either in person in Clapham SW4, Balham SW17 or Pimlico SW1 or online or on a hybrid basis.

If you’d like to find out more, do get in touch and I’ll look forward to talking more with you.

Fill in the form below and I’ll be back in touch to arrange an exploratory call. Or email me at fiona@fionaturnbull.co.uk

 

Contact me to express an interest in supervision

 
 
 
 

FAQs

  • I’m based in the Clapham, Balham and Pimlico neighbourhoods of London, UK on different days of the week. I also work online and often deliver supervision as a hybrid model, incorporating some in-person and some online supervision. I prefer not to work exclusively online though would consider it.

  • I charge £80 for supervision sessions with some flexibility for early career and newly qualified counsellors and psychotherapists.

  • BACP and UKCP qualified practitioners are able to count hours of supervision with me towards their supervision hours, though UKCP practitioners may want to check with their organisational member.

    Counsellors and psychotherapists in training need to check with their training institute and may consider having additional supervision with me alongside existing individual or group supervision with a qualified supervisor.

  • Yes, my supervision work is supervised by an experienced supervision practitioner.

 
 
 
 

About me

I’m an experienced psychotherapist working in private practice with a diverse range of clients. I’ve over three years’ experience running my own practice which I find immensely rewarding, as well as four years as senior counsellor at Royal Trinity Hospice in South London.

My core training is in gestalt psychotherapy with a UKCP-accredited advanced diploma from the Gestalt Centre London. I also draw on attachment, trauma, feminist and existential perspectives. I’m accredited with UKCP and registered with BACP.

I’ve been responsible for running supervision groups for experienced bereavement volunteers in my work at the hospice. I also recruited and oversaw a team of supervisors when I managed the Bereaved through Alcohol and Drugs project for Cruse Bereavement Care.