Training & Supervision

Supervision - My fee for an hour session is £65, and £85 for 1.5 hours. This rate is the same whether it is outdoors, online or indoors face to face. The first session is sometimes longer because if we are out people walk at different rates and often have questions they think of at the end and if it is over 15m longer than originally agreed I will charge an extra £10. If I need to travel for more than 15 minutes I will charge a small amount extra and we can agree this before we start. Likewise, if we decide to do longer sessions we can agree an amount at the outset.

Training – this depends entirely on what you need, when and where you need it, and how much development work I have to do – so a course or workshop I have delivered before will cost less than one I develop from scratch for you. We can discuss your needs and budget and agree a fee before we start.

How often is supervision?

For counsellors, the frequency of supervision will be informed by whichever professional association you belong to and how experienced you are, and for those who aren't counsellors, it is entirely up to. We can have a discussion about what you would like from the process and decide together what how often would be helpful.

Supervision can be done with or without Stanley and Peggy. They like to be active though, and if we want to be quiet or still it may be best for them not to be there. Also if the weather is hot or they are poorly or already tired they will need to rest at home. I will always be mindful of their welfare and their participation is always voluntary.

Training – Stanley and Peggy love being part of the training group, meeting new people and getting in on the action. Sometimes this is appropriate and fun and sometimes not, so we can decide what's best depending on what you need.

Absolutely we can.

Supervision works in exactly the same as therapy outdoors.

Training we can design around or adapt to being outdoors as there a re a different set of variables to consider, such as time of year, weather, activity levels, catering etc.

We can still decide to be outdoors if we want to – there isn't much apart from tropical heat, blizzard or monsoon that puts me off. We can also work in my therapy room or switch to a video call if you'd rather not go out at all. We can decide on the day, and this is usually your decision. I am happy to be led by you and whatever you're comfortable with unless the weather is extreme or there are specific reasons I can't work outdoors.

For deeper work, it can be helpful to sit in a peaceful outside space, such as in the woods or a garden rather than walk, but we will always be mindful of maintaining confidentiality wherever we work in supervision or training.

Whilst the weather doesn’t always stop us from working outside, shortening daylight hours do, so this limits sessions from roughly mid-November to the beginning of April to before dusk. Indoor sessions in my therapy room or online are still available at any time.