Supervision

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 work with individual clients and client groups; broader therapy themes and useful theoretical perspectives; how you want your practice to grow or evolve; 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. I also invite us to attune to how issues of difference and power are present in the work and in the field, for example around gender, race and sexuality: I draw on intersectional feminist therapy ideas to support this.

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 being open to those times when we might not yet know.

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.

I believe good supervision plays a vital role in establishing a solid ground for your work with clients.

Who I work with

I work with qualified counsellors and psychotherapists as well as trainees. Alongside my broader supervision work, 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.

Practicalities

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

I offer supervision either in person at one of my practices in Clapham SW4, Balham SW17 or Pimlico SW1 or am also available online or on a hybrid basis. I generally meet supervisees on a fortnightly basis but can explore other schedules if needed.

I hold a Post-Graduate Diploma in Relational Supervision awarded by Relational Change.

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

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