Clinical Supervision for Therapists and Trainees
At Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy, we offer Clinical Supervision through our team of highly skilled practitioners to the following groups:
• Trainee counsellors and psychotherapists
• Counsellors and psychotherapists in private practice
• Trainee Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
• Registered Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
• Supervision, consultation and reflective practice for therapists and mental health professionals working in the NHS or other demanding organisational contexts
Our Associates cover a range of approaches, from Integrative through to Psychodynamic, and work with supervisees from trainee level up to Doctorate level.
Supervision is available at our practice in Hove and Lewes depending on supervision requirements and Associate availability.
Who are our Supervisors?
- Sam Jahara – A UKCP registered Psychotherapist, Superviser and Executive Coach, Sam adopts a relational approach to supervision working with Counsellors, Psychotherapists and other professionals requiring supervision, coaching or psychological consultancy. She is also offers organisational supervision and reflective practice to mental health professionals and those working with vulnerable clients. Sam is based in Lewes and Brighton, and offers online supervision.
- Mark Vahrmeyer – A UKCP registered Integrative Psychotherapist working with individuals and couples in private practice. Mark has previously offered training and supervision to trainees in a clinical palliative care setting and now offers trainee and registered counsellors and psychotherapists supervision in Lewes and Brighton and online.
- Dr Simon Cassar – A UKCP registered Psychotherapist offering supervision to trainees up to doctorate level and experienced clinicians with an integrative or existential stance. He works in Lewes and Brighton as well as online.
- Dorothea Beech, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist registered with UKCP offering supervision in groups and individually, both online using Skype, Face Time or Zoom and face-to-face contact. Counsellors, psychologists, group analysts. Training Group Analyst. Diploma in Supervision. She works from our Brighton practice and online.
- David Keighley is a qualified clinical supervisor, consultant and experienced therapist in psychodynamic and existential modalities, EMDR, CBT and Schema Therapy.
What is clinical supervision and why does it matter?
Clinical supervision is a mandatory and regulatory requirement for counsellors, psychotherapists and counselling/clinical psychologists.
Hunter and Kottler (2007) suggest that all counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists are socially constructed, and without appropriate boundaries defining the relationship, they can inadvertently impose their values onto a client.
The role of the clinical supervisor is one in which they are predominantly responsible for the welfare of the client. This is directly achieved through considering the therapeutic and clinical interventions of the clinician with their client. Hawkins and Shohet (2006) discuss how it is the very nature of a successful supervisory relationship that makes it desirable for dual relationships to be minimised and romantic relationships strongly discouraged.
There are many definitions of supervision, with each supervisory relationship and process being unique in its own right. Add to this the variables of therapeutic method, supervisory roles such as teacher, counsellor and consultant and the supervisee’s developmental stage, and it is clear that no two relationships will perform identical functions (Borders & Brown, 2005).
The nature of the supervisory relationship and how this differs from other professional relationships is an area explored by Lawton and Feltham (Ed., 2000). They state that it is both ignorant and irresponsible for the supervisor to become nonchalant in the relationship with the supervisee, tantamount to the therapist assuming there is an equal relationship between himself and the client.
How can I find out more?
Please contact us using our Contact Form.
References
Borders, L. & Brown, L (2005) The New Handbook of Counselling Supervision. New Jersey, USA, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Hawkins, P. & Shohet, R. (2006) Supervision in the Helping Professions. Berkshire, UK, Open University Press
Hunter, S. & Kottler, J. (2007) Therapists are Socially Constructed Too. Psychotherapy in Australia, Vol. 13, No. 2
Lawton, B. & Feltham, C. (Ed.) (2000) Taking Supervision Forward – Enquiries and Trends in Counselling and Psychotherapy. London, UK, Sage Publishing
