I offer Clinical Supervision to experienced and trainee therapists. especially those undertaking training to work in the area of sex addiction / offending sexual behaviour. I also Supervise those in initial training to be Counsellors / therapists at a midlands University. My Clinical Supervision / consultative support experience includes the Emergency Services and Education.

I have been using Counselling skills for almost 30 years., initially with ‘Victim Support’. I have chaired a ‘Victim Support’ Scheme and was involved in training Staff and volunteers. I undertook training to work with victims of sexual assault and families and friends of murder victims.

I have also supported trainee Couples Counsellors for a national counselling organisation.

I qualified as a Counsellor/ Psychotherapist in 1997 and gained Accreditation  in 2001.  I  became  Senior Accredited in 2007.   I hold a National Counselling Society  Certificate in Supervision  ( 2019) and an Assessment and Qualifications  Alliance   AQA   Certificate in  Supervision Skills (2000).

As a Clinical Supervisor, I aim to facilitate experienced and trainee therapists to continue their development as competent Practitioners, providing a Professional Counselling / Psychotherapy service for their clients.
My Ongoing Continuous Professional Development involves attending Seminars workshops, conferences, related to Sexual health and Addiction in addition to other areas in Counselling and Psychotherapy. This also includes attending courses and Seminars related to Clinical Supervision.

I originally trained as a young person’s counsellor, later as a substance abuse counsellor with adults. My counselling journey has since seen me become a couple counsellor, then a sex therapist and finally working with compulsive sexual behaviours.

I bring all those experiences and knowledge to my supervision and enjoy supervising both students and qualified counsellors. I’m happy to supervise in person, on the telephone or via Zoom.

Theoretical Approach:

I come at the work from a psychodynamic, systemic, CBT, TA, EMDR, Feeling-State, eclectic approach and I combine these skills in the Supervision work that I offer to counsellors and Mediators, coming from a background of the legal profession and Mediation.

Do contact me to discuss your Supervision needs as I develop my supervision practice under the training of Robin Shohet, joint author of “Supervision in the helping professions”.

Professional Details:

I am a Relate trained and experienced Relationship counsellor, Mediator and undertakes Sex Therapy & Sex, Porn Love Addiction treatment, all of which are undertaken by Secure encrypted webcam such as Zoom, Skype/Vsee, telephone and face to face with clients from all parts of the country and abroad. I have historically worked online with over 80&% of my clients. I am a member of BACP and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity and an Accredited member of the Assoc of Christian Counsellors and is a member of stopSO, a trained Online Therapist and member of ACTO. I practice EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) – with individuals, Groups, Recent Trauma events and The Flash Technique – for resolving Trauma and other quality of life limiting issues.

Issues I work with:

I work predominantly Online with clients based throughout the UK & abroad via secure & encrypted Webcam. I provide what may be the world’s first fully comprehensive Sex, Porn, Love Addiction Video-on-Demand Webinar Recovery ProgrammeSummary:

Porn addiction; Sex Addiction; Love addiction, Psychosexual Therapy; Couples Counselling; Marriage counselling; Singles counselling; Relationship counselling; Sex Therapy; Pre-marriage preparation; Christian Counselling; Relationship conflict; Mediation; Supervision; Conflict Resolution; EMDR; Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing. Trauma Processing.

I have worked in sexual health for 23 years and trained as a psychosexual therapist in 2002. I did the sex addiction training with Dr, Thaddeus Birchard approximately 10 years ago.
I run a large private practice and have contracts with the NHS to cover all sexual difficulties including sex addiction. I currently supervise a number of senior therapists. I am an accredited member of COSRT and registered with UKCP.

My aim as a supervisor is to create a safe, supportive space and collaborative in order to help supervisees explore and understand their capacities and responses to client work, develop skills and grow professionally. The freedom to explore how clients affect them, reduce the risk of burnout and awareness of secondary and vicarious trauma, and help through an annual review of the code of ethics that their work is appropriate and falls within the ethical and professional standards of their respective professional body.

I am registered with the BACP and COSRT. I switched carers after travelling and working for NCOs for 4 years and began my therapist training in 2010. I trained as a humanistic therapist 2011 (L7), then as a psychosexual therapist 2013 (L7) and a relational therapist 2013 (L5). I trained at the Laurel Centre (ISAT) in 2014 for sex addiction and STOPSO in 2014 for those who have crossed the line or seek help with deviant thoughts/fantasy. I am registered with StopSO and a Clinical Associate with the Laurel Centre. My supervision training was in April 2017 (L7).

My background includes working in a rape and sexual abuse centre for 4 years, students services at my local university, Relate, Group work for eating disorders (SYEDA) and Group work for self-harm and bereavement support for 5 years at the local Hospice. I am a former Vice Chairman and Trustee of the ATSAC. I’ve worked as a trustee for STOPSO, Counselling in Prisons network (founding trustee) and Huddersfield rape and sexual abuse centre. I have provided training to Manchester NHS, BASHH, SMMGP, COSRT, ATSAC and University counselling services.

My work with individuals and couples is informed through a range of frameworks; person centred, gestalt, existential-phenomenological, trauma-informed, systemic theory, attachment, CBT, body work (somatic), mindfulness, intra personal parts – internalised family systems and the polyvagal nervous system

I offer supervision services to both qualified counsellors / therapists and trainees.  I work from Sheffield and have used zoom now for over 9 years

Happy top answer any questions and also set up a call/phone/ conversation/zoom meet, to discuss further your needs as you seek the right supervisor for you