Management Supervision and Consultancy

I offer management supervision and consultancy within an organisational psychodynamic framework to clinical and non-clinical supervisors and managers. This includes NHS service managers and managers working across education, business and the charitable sector.

I have almost 40 years’ experience of supervising and supporting managers from a wide range of professional and personal backgrounds, alongside extensive experience of managing counselling services. I have set up and led Staff Counselling Services within both the NHS and Cardiff University, and have supported managers working within these and other organisational settings.

Supervision for Managers

Managing others brings particular demands. Managers are required to hold the needs of their organisation and the demands of the work alongside the often complex task of supporting, managing and responding to their staff.

Management supervision provides a space to step back from the immediacy of these demands and reflect on what is happening — both in relation to the work and in relationships with others. It can be a restorative space, while also offering opportunities to explore difficult or challenging situations.

Working within an organisational psychodynamic framework, my approach is supportive, relational, exploratory and reflective. Together we can develop greater awareness of the relational and organisational dynamics at play, including the emotional and unconscious processes that can influence how people and organisations function.

I view organisations as systems in which relationships, roles, structures and emotional processes continually interact. Supervision can therefore help managers think more deeply about what may be happening beneath the surface, and consider how this understanding might inform their responses and decisions.

Organisational Consultancy

Organisational consultancy and supervision can support the health and wellbeing of staff while also strengthening organisational effectiveness.

My work can provide a space to think about the pressures and dynamics within an organisation, helping managers and organisations develop greater awareness of what contributes to stress, depletion and burnout, and what may support healthier ways of working.

The overall aim is to support both people and organisations — promoting mental and physical health and wellbeing while enabling individuals, teams and organisations to work more effectively.