Sue Brewster

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I provide a specialist service offering Supervision & Consultation to professionals working with children, young people & families. 

Agencies I currently work with include Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Social Care, Mental Health Practitioners, Teachers & Support Staff in Education as well as a variety of professionals working therapeutically with children & young people. 

I am Psychodynamic Psychotherapist with over 20 years of clinical practise.

Although Psychodynamic theory underpins my clinical thinking, in my supervision work with Supervisees I am more fluid and use a variety of approaches, strategies and interventions. This enables me to respond appropriately to individuals needs and for the warmth of a therapeutic relationship to act as a supportive base for further exploration, development and growth of your clinical work. 

I am also currently working as Wellbeing Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead in a Secondary School and have been Supervising mental health professionals and school staff for many years.  I am Level 3 Safeguard trained and hold a professional Supervision qualification. 

Sessions can be held online over Zoom, or Teams, or face to face at my Consulting Room based in Quedgeley, Gloucestershire. 

Inspiring supervision and deep reflective practice are at the heart of development, both professionally and personally.  I believe that it is a privilege to earn the trust of my Supervisees and to be invited to walk alongside them as they guide and support their clients.

Offering a specialist service to professionals working with children & young people I draw on my wealth of experience and am informed by the latest research so that your Supervision or Consultation is tailored to your clinical needs.

Types of Supervision offered (often a session is a mixture of the three approaches)

• Reflective Supervision: Focuses on the emotional aspects of the work and encourages practitioners to reflect on their feelings, thoughts, and experiences when working with children and young people.

• Clinical Supervision: Clinical supervision establishes a formal process of support, reflection, learning and development that is of benefit to both newly registered and experienced professionals by supporting their individual development. Focusing on improving clinical skills, knowledge, and practice.

• Caseload Supervision: An ability to monitor and if necessary adjust the supervisee's caseload (e.g. number. of clients, case mix and balance of type of work) in order to ensure that you are able to function optimally.

Consultation: Consultation sessions can be a one off or multiple sessions offered to think through a particular case or circumstance.  Often used by organisations such as Schools or Colleges to help build support plans for students and families. It may involve discussing treatment strategies, student plans, diagnostic considerations, client life experience conceptualisation, or interventions tailored to a particular client or situation.

• Consultation can be more informal and occur less often compared to supervision.

In all of my work I hold central the importance of constructive challenge and the need for us all to be held to account for our professional action or in-action.

After initial contact by telephone or email our first session will be to establish if my approach would suit your needs.  If so we will spend that session agreeing our contract, and agenda, which will include time frame for meetings and expectations. 

This session is charged at my hourly rate.