Deborah Kendall

Therapy and Supervision sessions are available on-line via Zoom or face to face.  Availability is flexible and can be decided upon speaking.  

Having practiced as a Counsellor for 14 years and Clinical Supervisor for 12 years, I have a range of experience with most mental health conditions.  During this time I have worked with children, young people, adults and trainee or qualified Counsellors.  It is important that you choose the right Therapist.  Someone whom you feel safe and comfortable with.  Someone who understands how it feels to live with emotional difficulties, mental health conditions or maybe a current situation is bringing up questions for you.  My clients tell me that I offer warmth, acceptance and a space where you can feel safe, understood and learn more about yourself.

Over the years, my approach has developed into an integrative model.  This means that I will work with you as an individual to decide what type of therapy would work best for you at this time.  I focus on the relationship between Client and Counsellor as this is the most important predictor of the outcomes.  You need a non-judgmental, supportive space and my role is to help you explore your feelings, worries or situation to be able to cope, build resilience and stop repeating patterns which have become unhelpful.  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be helpful for anxiety and other conditions caused by our thoughts becoming unhelpful.  Traditional Person Centred talking therapies help a range of conditions including childhood experiences, trauma and relationship difficulties.  I will work in a way which feels most relevant to your needs. 

If you would like a phone call to discuss your needs, please contact me to arrange this.

Counselling Sessions last for one hour and can be remotely via Zoom/Teams or face to face appointments can be arranged.

Supervision sessions can be held via Zoom/Teams or in person (face to face) depending on your requirements.  I can be flexible in terms of availability.  Please contact me to discuss further. 

Welcome to my page, my name is Debbie Kendall and I have 12 years experience as a Clinical Supervisor working with trainee and qualified Counsellors.  I have a background in supervising Therapists who work with children and young people,  as well as those who work with adults. The Supervisory relationship is crucial to the outcomes of our work.  I provide a supportive, educative clinical space for you to bring your work with clients.  My aim is to help you reflect on the clinical processes of your work, to be able to increase your own self-awareness, and think about how to develop the therapeutic depth in your work with clients.  I have experience of all models of therapy to be able to support you in developing as a Counsellor or Psychotherapist. It is important that you choose a Supervisor who is best suited to your needs. I have many years experience in working with risk and safeguarding of young people in a counselling setting.  Please contact me for an informal chat to discuss how we would work together in the supervisory relationship.

My Supervisees feel safe, supported and developed in the supervisory relationship with me.  I use supervision models such as Procter's and The Seven Eyed Model, to help you reflect on your client work.  My role is to help you deepen your self-awareness, recognise triggers, and to increase clinical depth to be able to grow as a Therapist.  Having worked in a number of settings such as Schools, Colleges, Women's Mental Health, NHS Settings and Private Practise for 14 years, I feel able to support most areas of client work with my Supervisees.  My initial training was Person Centred (as a Therapist) and this has been developed over the years with further training in Relational, CBT, Integrative and Pluralistic Therapies.  Supervision is a supportive process which keeps clients and their Therapists safe.  Please get in touch to discuss your needs. 

I offer an inital session to discuss your requirements which is usually a phone call of around 15 minutes.  There is no charge for this.  It is important that you get to know any potential Supervisors and are able to ask questions, talk about your needs and feel comfortable with your Supervisor.