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Hi, I am Charlotte. I am a Clinical Psychologist; I currently work at Beacon House but in the past have held senior positions within a range of NHS services. In addition, I have experience of setting up new mental health services, including a child and adolescent mental health and maternal mental health service within the UAE.
I have experience of providing clinical supervision, reflective practice and consultation to individuals, groups and teams. I can provide clinical and professional supervision to professionals working with children, adolescents, families and adults. My specialist areas of interest and experience include perinatal mental health, attachment-related difficulties and trauma.
My approach to supervision
I believe that the relationship between supervisor and supervisee is an essential part of effective supervision, and that feeling safe, respected and understood is fundamental to being able to think openly and reflect deeply. I place particular importance on developing a trusting, collaborative and psychologically safe supervisory relationship.
For me, supervision provides an opportunity to step out of the immediacy of clinical work and create space to think. I aim to provide a safe, containing and curious space in which we can reflect together on the work you are doing, consider different perspectives, and develop your clinical thinking and practice.
Alongside this, I believe that one of the most important functions of supervision is creating space to consider the emotional impact of clinical work. Working therapeutically with people inevitably affects us, and sometimes the experiences, emotions or difficulties that arise in our work can resonate with our own histories, relationships and vulnerabilities. When they arise, we can explore these experiences together with curiosity and compassion, rather than judgement.
I want supervision to be a space where you can bring not only the aspects of your work that are going well, but also the things that feel difficult, uncomfortable, confusing or personally challenging. I believe that being able to talk about these experiences openly is an important part of developing self-awareness, resilience and confidence as a clinician.
In terms of my supervisory style, I adopt a collaborative and curious stance. I do not see my role as being the ‘expert’ who tells you what to do. Instead, I see supervision as a process of minds coming together to think, reflect and find a way forward. I will bring my knowledge, experience and perspective, while also being curious about your understanding of the client, your clinical instincts and the context in which you are working.
Ultimately, my aim is for supervision to be a space where you can think freely, reflect honestly, learn from your experiences and grow in confidence as a clinician. I hope that, over time, the supervisory relationship becomes a place where you feel able to bring your whole professional self — including the parts of the work that feel uncertain or difficult — and where we can approach these with curiosity, compassion and a shared commitment to your development and to the people you work with.
