James Hawes

I have availability in my supervisor practice 

I am available between Monday and Thursday 

Counsellors and Psychotherapists are required to have supervision every month for them to practice ethically and competently. This work will always be with a more experienced psychotherapist and trained supervisor, who will enable you to review your practice with clients. Supervision will focus on the interactions between supervisor, counsellor and client. 

The aim is to enhance best practice, build on strengths and address developmental areas. Supervision will support and enhance the individual’s professional and organisational objectives which may include: following best practice, adhering to an ethical framework, accountability, personal support and growth, and continual professional development. All of this is based on confidentiality.

My supervision model is based on Shohet and Hawkins’ work described in their book – ‘Supervision in the helping professions’ (2012). They refer to the … the ‘seven eyes’ which describe the seven different ways of looking at the client presentation and related relationships. 

THE SEVEN EYES FOCUS ON:

Client details – understanding context

Supervisee’s interventions

Client–supervisee relationship

Supervisee’s own experiences of being with the client

Supervisor–supervisee relationship

Supervisor’s own reflections

Wider context of the work

I work in- person and online. 

I have been working as a trainer for the past 15 years with a main focus on working with men, anger, shame, intimacy and emotional fitness.

My book - The Secret Lives of Men - 10 keys to unlock the mystery' is the basis for much of my training. 

If you are looking for a speaker or a workshop facilitator on working with men - then please make contact. I have been working as a trainer for the past 15 years. I have also authored a book entitled, 'The Secret Lives of Men - 10 Keys to Unlock the Mystery'.

Here are some examples of workshops that I provide - 

1. 7 Keys for working successfully with men in therapy

2. Effective anger management for working with men.

3. Working with men, intimacy and Shame

I also run workshops on developing emotional fitness and in working with boys. 

Feedback

James consistently receives great feedback from his workshops – please see below for a selection of comments from workshops held during the last year.

“James’s presenting style is so engaging.”

“I used some of your themes to back up my work with a male client last night. At the end, he said ”I don’t normally do this but..” and reached out and shook my hand. Great work, Thanks James.”

“Thank you SO much for this workshop gave me lots of ideas on how to work with male clients.”

“I really enjoyed the programme for emotional fitness, the vocabulary used was familiar to men and identifiable!! Clever!”

“James’s presentation, engaging, involved and passionate.”

“James is a great presenter. Passionate, experienced and knowledgeable. I really like his down-to-earth personality and sharing of personal experiences.”

“James shared a lot of personal experiences to make points about the accepted male code – this really helped to bring the subject to life.”