If you are a therapist or counsellor looking for supervision, please read on.
If you are a professional with care/management responsibilities in residential care, health, social work or education and you are looking for reflective practice sessions for you or your staff, look here.
I offer outdoor clinical supervision in Uckfield for therapists and counsellors who want to integrate nature in active reflection and work in an embodied and creative way. Together we will think about and explore your work as a therapist, the dynamics within the therapeutic relationship and the wider environment, and identify strategies to support your clients in moving toward their therapeutic goals.
I’m a Dramatherapist and Integrative Embodied Psychotherapist by training and studied for my Supervision Diploma in 2021. Since then I have offered supervision in both my private practice and in my part-time role as an Associate Therapist/Supervisor at Beacon House Trauma Services. My clinical supervision is generally delivered outdoors with some online. I work with both individuals and groups.
Areas of interest and experience
My areas of interest and experience include developmental trauma, attachment, loss, grief, shame, anxiety and depression and parent-child relationships. I especially welcome therapists who work with Looked After and Adopted young people and their families. As an adoptive mother and a therapist with many years’ experience of working with this client group, I know how challenging this work can be. I also have experience of working with clients with autism, and particularly where autism and trauma are co-morbid.
My clinical supervision approach
I use Shohet and Hawkin’s 7-Eyed Model of Supervision (see image) as the basis for my work with supervisees. This allows us to consider and reflect on broader contextual and relational issues beyond simply the client-therapist relationship. I am interested to reflect with supervisees on what they are not bringing, as well as what they are bringing, to supervision.
Bringing nature into clinical supervision
I work mainly outdoors in Views Wood and Hempstead Woods in Uckfield (East Sussex), and offer some limited online supervision. When working outdoors, I invite my supervisees to respond to their own internal impulses as well as the processes and dynamics they observe in nature as a way to explore and deepen their understanding of what is happening in the work with the client. I offer support in:
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Guiding clinical case formulation, treatment planning and integration of theory into practice.
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Fostering reflective practice, self-awareness and professional growth in supervisees.
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Ensuring ethical, evidence-based care and effective risk management.
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Providing emotional support, building confidence and promoting resilience.
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Encouraging culturally responsive, inclusive and respectful therapeutic practice.
I charge £70 for a full hour.
‘I have really valued Lucinda’s calm, gentle and patient approach to supervision. She works creatively to explore what is going on in the client-therapist relationship, taking the time to draw out images and metaphor. I can be in a hurry to get on and explore the client’s material and Lucinda made time to explore and nurture our relationship. My confidence as a therapist really grew during the time we worked together’.
Clinical Supervision Groups
As well as offering individual supervision, I have been running an outdoor supervision group in Selmeston near Eastbourne for over three years. We meet from 10am – 12pm on the second Tuesday of the month. Participants (max 5) pay £35 per month. I currently have two spaces available. If you’re interested, please get in touch via 07729 773469 or lucinda@lucindaweis.com.
For more information about how I work with therapy clients through body-mindfulness in nature, please go to my welcome page.