Catherine Ryan

I can offer online appointments on Fridays during the day.  Some evening appointments available Tuesday to Thursday.  Please get in touch by email or phone to discuss options.

I can also offer face-to-face sessions on request - please contact me to discuss rates.

I have available spaces for supervisees.

Hello,

I am a BACP Accredited counsellor with an MSc in Person-Centered Counselling from the University of Strathclyde.  I have been working in the field of workplace counselling since 2006.

I qualified as a Counselling Supervisor in 2024.  

I am also an experienced manager, senior clinician, critical incident responder and trainer.  

I am happy to work with counsellors of different modalities.

My current development interests are increasing my knowledge of neurodiversity and Artificial Intelligence in counselling.

Supervision has been incredibly helpful to me since I qualified as a counsellor. I am delighted to be able to offer the same supportive space to you.   

I have always enjoyed developing and supporting counsellors in my previous roles as manager or senior clinician. I have shared knowledge and experience I have gained along the way, and I have learned from it too.

Our focus will be on your clients.  You will need different things from supervision in order to work safely with clients at different times.  Depending on where you are in your experience or practice, this might include reflecting on your practice, ethical issues, working on your clinical competence or development of your therapeutic skills.

I commit to accepting you, being genuine in our relationship and doing my best to understand you, while also working with you to ensure you are practising safely. Doing this consistently creates an environment which is safe, supportive and challenging.  We can find creative ways of working together and it may even be fun sometimes.

Does this sound like a good fit for you?

In our first session, we will focus on contracting, so we know that's covered.  I will start getting to know you and your practice, and we will start building our supervisory relationship.

I aim to be approachable and accessible from the start.  Before the first session, we can speak on the phone or video. You can ask anything you'd like to know about me, to help you decide if I am the right supervisor for you.