Hawkstones, South Pennines 2025

Supervision

Supervision makes time for reflection, growth, and renewal in your professional practice. Whether you're a counsellor, psychotherapist, group facilitator, or working in other sectors, it provides an opportunity to step back from the immediacy of your work and gain fresh perspectives.

You will have a dedicated space where you can slow down, reflect deeply, and nurture your professional development. It helps you work through relational complexities and allow new understandings to emerge.

This work serves both your clients and your own healing journey. Longer term, a supervisory relationship that deepens over time becomes is an invaluable resource for identifying recurring patterns and receiving support as you work through them.

My Approach

As a qualified supervisor (2021), my practice is informed by the 'Seven Eyed Model' developed by Peter Hawkins and Robin Shohet. This comprehensive framework uses seven distinct lenses to observe yourself, your clients, and the wider systems that connect us all, and can bring a spiritual dimension to the work.

I'm currently engaged in additional training at CSTD London (Centre for Supervision and Team Development) with Robin and Joan Shohet on their four-module supervisor training programme.

My approach is also shaped by Daphne Hewson and Michael Carroll's 'Reflective Practice' and the cyclical model developed by Page and Wosket.

I bring an evolving awareness of diversity and systemic inequalities to my supervision practice. I'm committed to understanding how privilege and rank shape both our perspectives and how others perceive us. My aim is to offer a sensitive, respectful environment that honours the complexity of each person's individual experience.

Who I Work With

I offer supervision to trainees, qualified counsellors and psychotherapists and group facilitators, as well as other professionals. I welcome anyone who would like to explore supervision in connection to their work.

Different Ways to Engage

While one-to-one supervision offers focused individual attention, it can take many forms. Peer supervision and group supervision, whether peer-led or facilitated by an experienced practitioner, provide rich learning opportunities through multiple perspectives on shared questions and challenges.

Practicalities and Fees

Supervision can take place in my dedicated garden therapy space, outdoors at a mutually agreed location, or online, whatever works best for you.

As part of my training with CSTD, I'm seeking both in-training and recently qualified supervisees, as well as more experienced practitioners. I'm able to offer high-quality supervision at a reduced rate of £50 per hour or £75 for 90 minutes.

To find out more or arrange an initial practice session, please contact me:
clare.pearl@icloud.com

Qualifications

  • PGDip Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy (Supervision), Salford University, 2021

  • CSTD (Centre for Supervision and Team Development) Supervision Training (Completed Modules 1, 2, and 3; currently completing Module 4)

References

Gordon-Hiles, A. (2025). Rethinking Supervision. Therapy Today, Volume 36 (Issue 6), p. 59.

Mindell, A. (2014). Sitting in the Fire. Deep Democracy Exchange.

Shohet, R. (ed.) (2024). Supervision as Spiritual Practice. PCCS Books.

Shohet, R. & Shohet, J. (2020). In Love with Supervision. PCCS Books.