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I am delighted to have recently received confirmation that I am finally listed on the UKCP Register of Supervisors.  I trained as a...

Providing clinical supervision for counsellors and psychotherapists is a rewarding role.  Bearing witness as colleagues grow from...

All psychotherapists and counsellors have clinical supervision with a colleague, whose role is to be a final point of containment for...

I’m enjoying increasing quantities of Clinical Supervision for UK-based therapists, and find it fulfilling and enjoyable work.  Walking...

I really enjoy my role as a psychotherapist working with individuals and couples. Not only do I have the opportunity to sit down with a...

I was reflecting with a colleague this week on the way that encounters with clients cause me to change and grow. It is noticeable that...

Psychotherapy is a relational activity. OK, therapists don’t tell clients biographical details about their lives, and so it’s not the...

In recent months I have had a good opportunity to reflect on the nature of impactful clinical supervision. Both for me, and those I...

Being a psychotherapist is a wonderfully tough job. Many clients come to us because they are no longer able to contain what is happening...

I received a thank you note recently that prompted me to reflect on just what it was that had enabled me and my client to connect in a...

There are many different approaches to psychotherapy that inform what happens in the therapeutic relationship. We each have our own...

This is the third reflection in my series about being a psychotherapist. Today I want to talk about humility, picking up on the final...

In this second blog on the theme of being a psychotherapist, I am exploring the theme of who it is that speaks in psychotherapy. At one...

I was asked recently what it is that I do as a psychotherapist. It would be easy to give a simple answer describing the kinds of clients...

I’ve been reflecting lately on what it is that makes for good clinical supervision. Clinicians all know its an essential part of our...