Michele Hayes

Michele Hayes


Registered Member MBACP (Accredited)

Contact information

Phone number
07522146049

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Supervisor - Banham, Norwich

Banham, Norwich NR16
07522146049
Sessions from £60.00

Features

  • Concessionary rates

Availability

Sessions are available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays during office hours. I am able to offer some flexibility alongside a limited number of evening appointments. Please contact to discuss

About me and my therapy practice

“Reflection-on-action. Refection-in-action. Reflection-for-action” Michael Carrol

Supervision can take many forms. But I believe it works best as a collaborative and reflective space where the delicate and complex therapeutic landscape can be explored in depth.

Whether you are a therapist in training, or an experienced practitioner, supervision can provide a rich resource in service of your clients. It also supports ongoing reflexive learning and professional growth.

I offer individual or small group sessions in my private practice.  Although working online is an option, where possible, I would always opt for working person-to-person, face-to-face, together in the same room. There is nothing quite like being in the same physical space, where we have better access to the nonverbal communication and felt sense of the work. It also allows us the scope to include some creative ways of exploring what you bring into the space. 

I have worked as an accredited therapist and as a supervisor both in the UK and Australia. This international experience continues to broaden and enrich what I offer in the supervisory space. My approach is to work relationally, existentially, reflectively and soulfully with supervisees in support of their work

My supervisory training, based in Sydney at the Centre for Existential Practice, is anchored in and informed by systemic perspectives with reflective practice at its core. Michael Carroll’s Integrative model and Hawkins and Shohet’s Seven-Eyed Models have a particular resonance in the way I work.

Whilst I work mainly with counsellors and therapists, I would be delighted to engage with others who work in the caring professions. If you are interested in finding out more about the supervision I offer, then please call, or email me.


Practice description

I am passionate about supervision as a supportive and transformative space. It has the powerful ability to enrich and enlighten practice through its unique combination of keeping a finger on the pulse of practice whilst being creatively curious in service of the client.

I aim to support supervisees to cultivate:

- Reflection and reflexivity.

- Authentic presence in sessions.

- Faith in the way they work.

- Skills that they trust.

- Deep wisdom for the choreography of the therapeutic dance.

- A practice based on integrity.

- The ability to work within the scope of their practice.

Therapeutic work is complex, and navigation of the terrain can be intricate. As supervisor, I actively draw on my experience and training but do not occupy the role of Magical Other; a mysterious being who has all the answers. I prefer to offer a contained rather than constrained clearing amongst what can feel cluttered, safeguarding a creative space where questions can unfold and the unknowns and unexpected have room to emerge from the shadows into the light.

“The exquisite paradox of supervision that never ceases to engage me is the dance of opposites: the truth is usually the opposite of what I believe. The so call ‘bad’ experience leads to the light, the light to the darkness; the detail leads to the bigger picture; the bigger picture is illuminated by the specific; the breakdown becomes the breakthrough and everything, but everything is relevant and grist to the mill” Joan Wilmot 

My first session

Should you be interested in us working together then please contact me. We can then arrange a brief telephone conversation to better understand the type of supervision that serves you best. If it feels right, then we would proceed to arranging a preliminary session where we could meet and experience working together. A decision to reflect further on your needs or embark fully into a supervisory relationship would then be possible.

Types of therapy

Existential, Integrative, Interpersonal, Relational

Clients I work with

Adults, Couples, EAP, Groups, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Short term sessions