Jane Hickson

I currently have some availability (from w/c 3rd March 2025) to take on new supervisees either online (via Zoom) or face-to-face.

Face-to-face 

Tuesday evenings: 6pm or 7pm

Thursday afternoon/evening: 4pm, 5pm, 6pm or 7pm

Friday daytime: 12.00 or 1pm

Saturday daytime: 10am or 11am

Online (via Zoom)

Monday-Friday: varied availability

I offer relational supervision to both trainee and qualified counsellors.  I am a member of the Supervisor Network for Leeds Beckett University and work within their four-way agreement to support student counsellors in a collaborative way.      

I work in an integrative, relational way in my private practice and, this is mirrored in the supervision that I offer.  My aim is to establish a good working alliance with supervisees and I appreciate the importance of creating a supervisory relationship where there is mutual trust, a healthy attachment and a willingness to be open and vulnerable.

I see (some of) my key responsibilities as a supervisor as being:

• to offer supervisees space to explore and clarify their practice
• to appropriately share experience, information and skills
• to challenge unethical, unwise or incompetent practice
• to challenge personal or professional blind spots
• to be aware of contracts, lines of responsibility and boundary issues

I ask supervisees to be as prepared as possible for their supervision to ensure that they get what they need and this might include:

• consideration of supervision time - prioritise what is most important for them to bring 
• issues identified since previous supervision that are troubling/or of concern(client work, personal, organisational)
• thoughts, feelings and wishes which arise when starting session

I offer a free initial telephone conversation which can be helpful to decide if we feel we would be a good fit and if we would be able to establish a good supervisory relationship.  Key elements/questions to consider (both for me and a potential supervisee) might be:

• preferred therapeutic modality
• qualities
• skills and experience
• attitudes

From w/c  3rd March 2025 I have (some) availability to take on new clients for 'in person' appointments:

Tuesday: 6.00pm & 7.00pm

Thursday: 4.00pm-8.00pm

Friday: 12.00 & 1.00pm

Saturday: 11.00am

I also have availability for online appointments via Zoom on different days and times.

Please contact me for further details or if you would like to arrange an initial free telephone conversation with no obligation to make an appointment.

I am a qualified integrative counsellor and I work in a relational way. 

With the right support I believe we are all capable of navigating our way through the difficult times in our lives.

My sessions can provide you with a safe and confidential space to look at your thoughts and feelings and explore issues from the past that may be affecting your present.

I believe that we all have the solutions within ourselves but I work with you to find them through the relationship that we will build together.

My experience includes working with bereavement, loss, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and abuse. I work with individuals and couples.

I believe the key to successful therapy is to establish a supportive and collaborative working relationship. I aim to do this by really getting to know my clients and trying to understand what brings them to therapy, helping them to find their own answers and the best ways forward.

Our first session would be about exploring the challenges which may have contributed to you seeking therapy at this time. We will talk about the ways in which I may be able to help and work with you. An important part of the first session is also to decide if we both feel we can work together. If we agree to moving forward together we will make a plan of what may be best suited for you and this will depend on the nature of what you may be seeking therapy for.  I do not ask clients to commit to a certain number of sessions but this is something we would regularly talk about and review in an open and honest way.