Existential Supervision
While as practitioners, we attempt to enter into the worlds of our clients, our work also offers a profound learning about our own ways of relating. Existential supervision provides a safe place to engage with the interface between our own ways of being and those of our clients.
I have worked as a supervisor, within both my private practice and a training setting, for over 25 years. It is a great honour to be alongside a colleague, whether a peer or a junior colleague, in an exploration and consideration of their work.
I offer individual supervision for trainees and experienced psychotherapists, and counselling psychologists, usually on a fortnightly basis, And I offer small group supervision for newly qualified practitioners. Next small group will begin in October, 2023.
My Approach
There is much to be said about the philosophical basis of the existential approach, but this website is not the place for that.
Suffice it to say, that ‘living is a challenge’, and it can be helpful to take the time to reflect and ponder on how you are living your life, whilst having a therapist alongside you to facilitate your exploration, insight and hopefully greater understanding of your way of being in the world.
In my experience, existential concepts provide a very strong platform from which to identify and describe how each of us is in the world, and the ultimate issues we must all engage with: the challenges of living, of being in relation with others, the reality of death, and the uncertainty of most everything else.
This way of working gives you an opportunity to clarify and remind yourself what your values are, and to reflect upon how they inspire or influence your actions and ways of relating.
As an existential therapist I am fascinated by and open to engage with all aspects of life, and our work together will be a collaboration, where your issues and concerns, fears and struggles are our shared focus.
