For Professionals
Clinical Supervision
Regular, boundaried supervision from a counselling psychologist who specialises in behavioural addiction and digital wellbeing.
Supervision is where clinical work is thought about rather than simply carried out. My aim is to offer a space that is reflective and containing, but also practical enough that you leave with something usable for your next session.
Behavioural addiction presentations — gambling, gaming, problematic internet and pornography use, compulsive shopping — often arrive in generalist caseloads without a clear map. Supervisees regularly tell me these cases feel harder to formulate and easier to avoid. Having spent much of my clinical career in this area, alongside a prior career in the videogame and software industry, I can offer a specialism most supervisors are not able to.
I work integratively, drawing on CBT and third-wave models, psychodynamic thinking, and compassion-focused work. Supervision is adapted to your model rather than converting you to mine.
Who this is for
- 01.Qualified counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists seeking regular individual supervision.
- 02.Postgraduate trainees on counselling psychology, clinical psychology or psychotherapy programmes needing placement-compatible supervision.
- 03.Practitioners carrying behavioural addiction, compulsive behaviour or digital-habit cases who want specialist consultation on a specific piece of work.
- 04.Therapists working with shame-heavy presentations who want a space to think about their own responses to the material.
What is involved
- ✓Case discussion and collaborative formulation, with attention to what maintains the behaviour rather than only what triggers it.
- ✓Attention to the therapeutic relationship, including the shame, secrecy and disclosure dynamics that are common in addiction work.
- ✓Ethical and risk thinking, including boundaries, record-keeping and when to refer on.
- ✓Space for your own responses to the work — supervision that ignores the supervisee's experience tends to miss the most useful material.
- ✓Written confirmation of supervision hours where your training programme or professional body requires it.
Practicalities
- Format
- Individual supervision, online across the UK or in person in London and Surrey.
- Frequency
- Typically monthly or fortnightly, agreed at the outset and reviewed periodically.
- Session length
- 60 minutes as standard, with longer sessions available where a caseload requires it.
- Fees
- Supervision fees are confirmed directly at enquiry, with a reduced rate available for trainees.
- Contracting
- A written supervision agreement covering confidentiality, limits, cancellation and review.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you supervise trainees as well as qualified therapists?
Yes. I supervise both qualified practitioners and postgraduate trainees, and I also lecture on postgraduate psychology courses. For trainees, I can provide the written confirmation of hours that most programmes require. Please check your programme's specific supervisor requirements before we contract, as these vary between courses.
I am not an addiction specialist. Can I still bring these cases?
That is precisely the situation supervision is most useful for. Behavioural addiction cases frequently appear in generalist caseloads, and many experienced therapists feel underprepared for them. You do not need a specialist background to bring the work; part of what supervision offers is a shared map for cases that otherwise feel unformulated.
Can we arrange one-off consultation rather than ongoing supervision?
Yes. Alongside ongoing supervision, I offer single consultation sessions for practitioners who want specialist input on one piece of work — a stuck case, a formulation, or a decision about scope of competence. This can be arranged without committing to a regular supervision contract.
Is supervision available online?
Yes, and most of my supervision is delivered online. This works well for supervision and makes specialist input available to practitioners outside London and Surrey. In-person supervision is available where you would prefer it and travel is practical.
Start with a conversation
Professional enquiries are welcome. Tell me briefly what you are looking for and we can arrange a short conversation to check the fit before anything is committed to.