Ruth McIlroy

Monday to Wednesday from 10am to 7pm

I am a Registered NCPS Senior Accredited Counsellor and Supervisor, and an MBACP(Accredited) Supervisor, with 25 years of experience across NHS and private practice settings. 

I use the 7-eyed model of supervision as a basis, and offer both online and face-to-face supervision to post-qualification counsellors and therapists, as well as practitioners in other helping professions. I am also a qualified EMDR practitioner.

My Approach

My aim as a supervisor is to offer a safe, stimulating, and genuinely supportive space in which you can bring both your successes and your dilemmas. I see supervision as a creative process — one that supports you in becoming an increasingly reflective practitioner, developing your own best practice, and growing in confidence, skill, and effectiveness.

 I encourage an open, non-judgemental exploratory approach to client work, where you can engage with challenge in the spirit of shared curiosity rather than defensiveness. Where appropriate, I will offer a fresh perspective and invite you to work at your learning edge, fostering the kind of self-enquiry that underpins excellent practice.

I have been supervising since 2012, working with individual and group supervisees in private practice, NHS settings, counselling agencies, and with non-counsellor helping professionals.

Practical Information

 I work in person and online. Online sessions are conducted using equipment with appropriate firewall, virus, and password protection.

Choosing a supervisor is a significant professional decision, and I encourage you to take the time to get it right. I offer a free, no-obligation 30-minute introductory conversation to discuss your supervision needs openly. Where both parties are happy to proceed, I suggest an initial three-month period, after which you have the opportunity for review.

I appear on the The Anti-Discrimination Race Aware Directory (https://tadf.co.uk/)