CREATIVE SUPERVISION
A space to pause, reflect and reconnect
Creative supervision offers play therapists, other creative arts practitioners and professionals working with children a thoughtful space to reflect on their practice, process difficult material and reconnect with why they do this work.
My approach is collaborative and adaptive rather than prescriptive. I draw on a range of models — including the seven-eyed model of supervision and transpersonal approaches — alongside creative and experiential techniques where they're helpful.
Each session responds to what the supervisee actually needs rather than following a fixed format.
I believe supervision works best as a genuine relationship — one built on trust, curiosity and honesty — rather than a box-ticking exercise.
My aim isn't to shape a supervisee's practice around my own preferences, but to help them build the confidence and insight to develop their own.
Who is creative supervision for?
Play and creative arts therapists: Clinical supervision that provides space to reflect on practice, process difficult material and develop confidence.
Other therapeutic practitioners: For practitioners who want a creative and reflective approach to supervision.
Trainees and qualified practitioners: I offer supervision to both trainee and fully qualified therapists. Trainees need to have face-to-face supervision, which would take place in my playroom. Qualified practitioners have more flexibility and can choose online sessions, in-person sessions in my playroom, or a mixture of both.
Educators and school staff: Particularly Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) and others who hold emotionally demanding safeguarding work. This can provide a structured, confidential space to process difficult material, think through next steps and be supported in return.
Where supervision takes place
Most supervision sessions take place in my own dedicated playroom at home — a calm, private space designed to support genuine reflection. I'm also happy to travel to schools or offer sessions online via Teams, depending on what works best for you.
Environmental arts therapy
I'm trained in Environmental Arts Therapy, and it has shaped my supervision practice in a real way.
I talk often in supervision about the importance of staying grounded alongside our clients — what that actually looks and feels like in the room — and Environmental Arts Therapy has given me a deeper, more embodied language for it.
Growing up in the Welsh countryside gave me a lasting appreciation of nature as a source of restoration and grounding.
I'm lucky enough to have a small copse at the top of my garden, and I hope, in time, to offer group supervision from spaces like it — bringing the same restorative, grounding qualities of nature into the reflective space I offer others.
A note about Phoebe
If you're a dog lover, you may also get to meet Phoebe, my small, fluffy rescue dog, who sometimes joins supervision sessions. Having her in the room can add a lovely, calming presence — but this is entirely optional, and I'm always happy to supervise without her if that's your preference.
