Clinical Supervision

Supervision is a space to think out loud about your work — to bring the cases that sit with you, review your practice, and look after yourself in a role that asks a great deal. Sessions are collaborative and paced to what you need, whether that's case consultation, professional development or support through a difficult period.

I hold a Certificate of Attainment in Individual and Group Supervision, an ACA-approved qualification, and I'm an ACA Registered Supervisor (ACA College of Supervisors). I supervise both ACA and PACFA members. As an ACA Registered Supervisor, the hours we do together can count towards ACA members' supervision requirements. PACFA members, please check eligibility with PACFA before booking, to confirm that supervision with me meets your requirements.

As a general guide, the industry standard is around one hour of supervision for every twenty hours of client contact. If you're newer to the profession, still building confidence, or finding your feet in private practice, something closer to one hour for every ten often feels more sustaining. Nothing is fixed — we'll talk through what suits you now and revisit it whenever your needs change.

An invoice is issued when you book, with payment due on or before the day of your session, and it doubles as confirmation of attendance for your professional association. If you keep a supervision log, email it to me beforehand or bring it along and I'll sign it.

Who I supervise

• ACA members meeting their annual supervision requirements (PACFA members, please check eligibility first)
• Counsellors in private practice organising their own supervision
• Counsellors employed in agencies, schools or community services, including those who need external supervision alongside a workplace supervisor
• Play therapists and practitioners using LEGO® - Based Therapy and other creative approaches
• Provisional and newly registered counsellors finding their feet
• Students on placement
• Practitioners returning to practice after a break

My approach

Supervision is its own discipline — it isn't counselling, and it isn't performance management. My aim is a space steady enough that you can bring the work as it actually is, including the sessions that didn't go well and the ones still sitting with you at the end of the day.

We might reflect on recent sessions and the reasoning behind your choices, think through ethics, boundaries and risk, or talk about how a particular client is affecting you. Part of my role is also to notice the things that are hard to see in yourself — transference, over-identification, the early signs of burnout — and to name them kindly and early.

I'll challenge your thinking where it's useful and offer alternative theories and approaches, always with respect for your client confidentiality and under the same ethical obligations I hold as a counsellor.

Individual and group supervision

Individual sessions run for 60, 90 or 120 minutes — weekly, fortnightly, monthly or as you need — in person in Craigieburn, online, or by telephone, so supervision can fit around your work.

Group supervision is held online on a secure video platform: a collaborative space for shared reflection and learning. Places are limited to a maximum of six participants, in line with PACFA's maximum, so booking ahead is essential and payment at the time of booking secures your place.

Supervision fees for both individual and group sessions are listed on the Fees & Rebates page.

Getting started

Finding the right supervisor matters, so the first step is simply a conversation — no cost and no obligation. We can talk about where you're at in your practice, what you're hoping supervision will give you, and whether I'm the right fit. If I'm not, I'll happily point you elsewhere.

If you'd like to go ahead, I'll send you a supervision agreement to read in your own time. It sets out what we can each expect of one another — confidentiality and its limits, how sessions run, fees and cancellations — and nothing in it is beyond discussion. Once you're comfortable, you sign and return it, and we book your first session.