My work as a Supervisor
As a counsellor my modality of choice is person-centred. As a supervisor I work primarily from an experiential humanistic perspective with counsellors and helping professionals from a range of training backgrounds including integrative, person-centred, gestalt, transactional analysis and existential. My aim is to offer a relational approach with space for reflection on personal and professional development.
I work with the seven eyed model of supervision practice developed by (Hawkins & Shohet, 1985) . The 7 eyes are The client, The interventions, Client-Counsellor Relationship, The Counsellor, Counsellor-Supervisor Relationship, The Supervisor, The Context.
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Client: presentation, history, therapy goals, roles, relationships, thoughts and emotions
Interventions: exploration of what the counsellor is offering the client, when and how it is offered and why.
Client-counsellor relationship: understanding of the relationship and how this may be a reflection of the clients process, engagement with the therapy, boundaries, transference and counter transference.
Counsellor: develop counsellor awareness of self, how this impacts on the therapeutic relationship, therapist triggers, resonance, blind-spots, feelings.
Counsellor-supervisor relationship: facilitation of blocks, rupture and repair, parallel processing
Supervisor: framework for understanding the client, discussion of ethical issues, appropriate self-discloser, educative, reflection on feelings and experiencing.
Context: Interface with social systems, organisational systems of client or counsellor, local national or global system, culture, class, ethnicity, faith, sexuality
About the supervision
Sessions Fees: £60 for a 60 minute session (£90 for an hour and a half)
- A limited number of discounted places are available to those on a low income.
- Cancellation with 48 hours of the session time incur a 50% cancellation fee.
- £30 for an hours session /£45 for a 90 minute session.
- Supervision is offered online via Zoom, a link will be sent by email 15 minutes before the session start time
Availability: Monday 10.00am – 6.00pm Tue/Thu/Fri 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Susan Coldwell Counselling 