Supervision
Supervision is a feature of the training, accreditation, and ongoing development of counsellors, psychotherapists and therapeutic practitioners. It helps us to understand the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of our work as well as helping us to reflect upon our practice and to explore ethical issues or dilemmas
Claire Glover
Supervisor
BSocSci. PGDip MBACP
My approach to supervision is relational and developmental and based around the Seven Eye Model. I like to create a space where supervisees feel safe to explore their clients and themselves and to consider how this can then inform their work. I am inflenced by Gestalt as well as how our 'body the score'.
I have a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of York St John and work from an humanistic integrative approach. believing that the client is at the heart of the work we do. Lived experience and training has developed my practise and I am influenced by Gestalt as well as being interested in the relational dynamics of what goes on in therapy (and in supervision). I am interested in neuroscience research and polyvagal theory, especially how this knowledge can support ourselves and our clients as we work . I have a particular interest in how we can help regulate our nervous systems to help access therapy, as well as the role childhood emotional neglect can have on us as an adult.
I am currently enhancing and consolidating my supervision skills through completing a Diploma in Supervision with Scarborough Counselling & Psychotherapy Training Institute (UKCP accredited).
I offer an initial 30 minute telephone call free of charge to explore how it maybe for us to work together.
Supervision takes place face-to-face central York (just off Bishopthorpe Road) or online and costs £50 per hour
Sarah Guthe
Supervisor
BSc (Hons), PgDip, MBACP
My approach to supervision is collaborative and relational. It is anchored in the Relational Matrix Model which emphasises the relational realms that lie between supervisor, supervisee and client.
I have a post-graduate Diploma in Counselling from York St John University and a Diploma in Professional Development from the Gestalt Institute. I am currently completing a Diploma in Supervision at Relational Change (SW London).
My theoretical orientation is humanistic but it is influenced by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment Theory, Neuroscience and Transactional Analysis.
I have worked in both a GP practice and a low-cost counselling centre and have been working in private practice since 2020. I am also influenced by my 20+ year previous career as a speech and language therapist which included a specialist role working with adults experiencing anxiety in speaking situations, and supervision of students and peers, as well as by my lived experience of nearly six decades.
About my practice …
Gaie Houston describes supervision as ‘policing, plumbing and poetry’. For me, this beautifully encapsulates the duties, responsibilities and tasks of supervision; the opportunity that it brings to provide an open, caring and supportive space where supervisees can reflect on their work with their clients; and the artistry by which theory and practice, knowledge and skills, humility and wonder, are interwoven in a shared learning relationship.
Since many of the processes that emerge in supervision reflect those present in the therapeutic relationship, it is my belief that staying with what emerges for you and for me in the ‘here and now’ as we work, can bring insight and clarity to concerns and dilemmas you might be having, as well as to feelings and bodily sensations that may be in your awareness but that haven’t quite find a voice.
I work online and in person in Helmsley and SW London. I am registered with the BACP but am following a UKCP accredited supervision training. I receive supervision for my own supervision work as required by both professional bodies.
If you would like to discuss your supervision needs further, please contact me, and we can arrange an online call to see whether our working together would be a good fit for you.
Whilst I complete my supervision training I am currently offering supervision free of charge.
What people are saying…
'"I was nervous about coming and I was worried I wouldn’t know what to say but you made me feel that it was ok to say anything, or nothing”
“I have tried to do counselling before but only managed to do a few sessions. It has been hard work but I am really glad that I stuck with it this time”
“I feel like I am in so much of a better place to face the world, but I also like that I can come back and see if you I need a top up.”