Clinical Supervision for therapists and counsellors
I offer clinical supervision to qualified and trainee therapists who are looking for outdoor and/or creative/embodied supervision. My clinical expertise covers developmental trauma, attachment issues, loss, grief, anxiety and depression, and working with looked after, and adopted young people and their families.
My 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.
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. Issues we regularly address include:
- safe and ethical practice
- the therapeutic relationship
- the client’s journey
- cultural and organisational factors
- supervisee professional development and self care
My approach is trauma responsive, i.e. I understand how trauma impacts the body-mind connection, but I also know what is required to support people with a trauma history to reconnect the mind and the body and be able to respond to the ‘here and now’ of their daily life, rathern than the ‘there and then’ of their past experiences. I also have experience of working with neurodivergent clients, particularly where trauma and neurodivergence are comorbid.
‘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’.
Groups
As well as offering individual supervision, I currently run an outdoor supervision group in Selmeston near Eastbourne which is full, but if you are interested in joining a waiting list for an outdoor supervision group place, please contact me.
If you’re interested….
…please get in touch. 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 charge £65 for an hour’s supervision for qualified therapists/counsellors (£80 if being paid by an organisation) and £45 for trainee therapists/counsellors.
My credentials
I studied for a postgraduate diploma in Dramatherapy at Roehampton University (2001-5) and a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Supervision at the Link Centre, Sussex (2022). I regularly undertake Continued Professional Development; recent examples include training courses on trauma, attachment, neurodiversity, emobodiment, ecotherapy, group work and gaming disorders. I am a member of the British Association of Dramatherapists (no.: 3005) and am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (AS08185); I abide by the ethics codes of both organisations.
