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:
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.
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.
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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
All the content on this page has been reviewed and vetted by Sam Jahara Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Co-Founder of Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy. For any questions or more information about the subjects discussed on this page please contact us.