For practitioners
Clinical Supervision
Supervision offered to therapists and other appropriate practitioners: a collaborative professional relationship in which clinical work can be thought about seriously, safely and with rigour.
The supervisory relationship
Supervision is not oversight in a narrow, managerial sense, nor is it therapy for the practitioner. It is a distinct professional relationship with its own purpose: to protect the quality and safety of client care while supporting the development and sustainability of the practitioner.
Kimouy holds a PG Dip in Clinical Supervision alongside her training as an Integrative Arts Psychotherapist, her CBT qualifications and her background in social work. Her integrative position means supervision can accommodate practitioners working across a range of modalities and settings.
Who supervision is offered to
- Qualified psychotherapists and counsellors
- Trainees in placement, where appropriate to the training requirements
- Arts and creative therapists
- Other appropriate practitioners working therapeutically, by agreement
Suitability is discussed at an initial consultation, including modality, registration requirements, setting, caseload and what you are looking for from supervision.
Format and contracting
Supervision sessions are 60 minutes and may take place in person in Rochester, Kent, or online where appropriate. Frequency is agreed according to your caseload, registration requirements and the demands of your setting.
A written supervision agreement sets out confidentiality and its limits, record keeping, cancellation arrangements, review points and the respective responsibilities of supervisor and supervisee.
What supervision supports
Eight areas of professional attention.
Clinical practice
Considered attention to the work itself: what is happening, what is being attempted, and what may be needed next.
Reflective thinking
Space to think aloud about the work without performance, including what is uncertain or uncomfortable.
Professional development
Consolidating strengths, identifying developmental edges and supporting progression within your modality and registration.
Ethical decision-making
Working through ethical and boundary questions with reference to relevant professional frameworks.
Case formulation
Developing and testing formulation, including where a case has become stuck or difficult to conceptualise.
Therapeutic skills
Attention to technique, intervention and use of self, including process and parallel dynamics.
Practitioner wellbeing
Recognising the cumulative demands of clinical work, including vicarious trauma, fatigue and sustainability of practice.
Safe client care
Holding risk, safeguarding and duty of care alongside the practitioner's clinical judgement.
Soul Care Therapy
Arranging supervision.
Practitioners are welcome to enquire about availability and to arrange an initial supervision consultation.
Soul Care Therapy is not an emergency or crisis response service and does not provide out-of-hours or 24-hour support. If you need urgent help, please contact your GP, NHS 111, or the emergency services on 999.