Clinical Supervision

Clinical Supervision

By Accredited Professionals

The Importance of Clinical Supervision in Counselling

The field of counselling is becoming increasingly complex, with client expectations sometimes reaching unrealistic levels. This is where clinical supervision plays a crucial role. A knowledgeable and experienced clinical supervisor can provide essential support, helping counsellors navigate these challenges effectively.

For example, if a counsellor cannot return a call immediately, clients may become frustrated or impatient. While this is understandable, counsellors juggle multiple responsibilities—managing other clients, balancing personal lives, and often caring for their own families. Counselling can sometimes feel isolating, leaving professionals feeling unheard. This is why having a strong clinical supervision framework in place is invaluable. Working with an accredited supervisor provides a nurturing environment, professional guidance, and the reassurance that support is always available in the ever-evolving world of counselling and psychotherapy.

Our Clinical Supervision Services

We offer a comprehensive range of clinical supervision services, tailored to both individual counsellors and peer group facilitation. Additionally, we provide ‘Supervision Support’—a unique service designed for counsellors who already have a clinical supervisor but need extra support in areas where their current supervisor may lack experience or expertise.

Our sessions are available via telephone and video, ensuring flexible access to high-quality, nurturing, and supportive supervision. Supervisees also receive a welcome handbook.

Supporting Your Accreditation Journey

Having personally navigated accreditation processes and worked with numerous supervisees over the years, we understand the level of effort required. The application process can feel overwhelming, but clinical supervision can provide the necessary support, helping to clarify expectations and empower you throughout your journey.

In the counselling profession, clinical supervision is an ongoing, supportive relationship that offers direction, education, and guidance. Every counsellor needs a trusted, experienced supervisor to turn to for professional insights, clinical direction, and general support. We are here to provide that foundation, ensuring you receive the guidance and encouragement needed to thrive in your role.

This could be issues relating to:

  • Supervision of current clients and case load/case reviews, treatment planning and suitable interventions.

  • Supervision of Continued Professional Development (CPD) skills and training.

  • Supervision of supervisee’s self-development, self-reflection and self-care.

  • Supervision of supervisee’s work balance for employment or private practice.

  • Supervision of effective, ethical and legal services to clients, boundaries.

  • Clinical Supervision overview of case notes that work for the counsellor.

  • Supervision, safeguarding and safety of all clients.

  • Overview and Clinical Supervision of potential court attendance and/or note submission.

I specifically work in general with the seven eyed model of supervision:

  • 1

    Supervisor focus on the client presented through the supervisee.

  • 2

    Supervisor focus on intervention and treatments delivered.

  • 3

    Supervisor focus on the immediate client – supervisee relationship.

  • 4

    Supervisor focussing on the supervisee’s process, both presented and in the session.

  • 5

    Supervisor focus on the counsellor – supervision relationship.

  • 6

    Focus on my own process as a clinical supervisor.

  • 7

    Supervisor focus on the wider context of what has been presented – overview and solution.

If your supervisor is also your line manager, or there is another type of dual relationship, you must be able to show that you have access to another supervisor or supervision arrangement should the need arise.
Further guidance on supervision, including dual relationships can be found in our Good Practice in Action resources and Ethical Framework.
You must be able to show a minimum of 1½ hours of supervision a month for all practice that you include, and provide details of your most recent or current arrangements (BACP).

Who can I have as a supervisor?

Your supervisor should be sufficiently experienced in counselling and psychotherapy, or a closely related field, and ideally have some training and qualifications in supervision.
You should have a contract with your supervisor to cover practical arrangements such as fees and the length and frequency of sessions. The supervisor’s role and responsibility should be clearly discussed and included in the contract. (BACP)

“The supervisory relationship is seen as a common accepting of goals and tasks within a strong bond of mutual trust and respect. ”

“The supervisory relationship is seen as a common accepting of goals and tasks within a strong bond of mutual trust and respect. ”

Sue J. Daniels

BACP I NCPS I EMDR Europe I EMDRI

Fully qualified, experienced and trained to provide well-being supervision and mentoring in the workplace.

Specialist areas:

Rape and Sexual Violence

Childhood Sexual Assault

PTSD and Complex-PTSD

Our Accreditations

Governing Body Memberships and Training Provision Standards

Specialist Online Complex PTSD Trauma Therapist • Charity Workforce Supervision and Mentoring • Clinical SupervisionSpecialist Online Complex PTSD Trauma Therapist • Charity Workforce Supervision and Mentoring • Clinical Supervision