Joan Edwards

Joan Edwards


Registered Member MBACP (Accredited)

Contact information

Phone number
07968 838415

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Supervisor - Leyburn

Leyburn DL8
07968 838415
Sessions from £60.00

Features

  • Flexible hours available
  • Wheelchair accessible office
  • Concessionary rates

Availability

I work Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and do not work weekends.  Evening work may occasionally be carried out by prior negotiation and agreement.

I work 'face to face' but am also happy to work online or on the telephone as required.

I can be available outside of sessions for therapeutic emergencies, (for example, traumatic or safeguarding issues etc.) though cannot guarantee an immediate response, but always endeavour to get back to counsellors asap.

I have a dedicated therapy room in my bungalow which has suitable access to anyone with mobility issues.  Wheelchair access may also be potentially okay with help, but unfortunately not suitable for motorised wheelchairs.

About me and my therapy practice

I am a qualified Supervisor and BACP accredited counsellor with many years counselling and supervision experience in many contexts - including Private Practice, NHS, Rape Crisis, Workplace, Student counselling, Bereavement and Hospice, Schools and War Veteran PTSD. Additionally I have supervised Army Welfare Officers, Racing Welfare personnel and Police Welfare Officers.

I work from home and am based in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.  Many of my clients and supervisees say the journey into Wensleydale can be an 'uplifting and grounding experience', in acknowledgement that it is a remote area, 

I am able to work online, and am also happy to undertake telephone supervision.  Ideally I like to meet counsellors face to face - especially initially - in order to establish a good working relationship.  However, I also have successful professional relationships with counsellors I have never met 'in person' and am happy to accommodate individual needs and preferences in this area.

Practice description

 I work to BACP Ethical Framework.  I am Integrative in my approach, but come from a strong Person Centred base.  I see the counselling relationship as being the basis of all effective therapy, and work collaboratively with counsellors to explore the topics they bring to supervision.  I am warm and supportive, and my aim is to help counsellors to develop and integrate their own style of counselling, to look after their own wellbeing, and to provide a safe and ethical service to their clients.  


Safeguarding is always an area which can cause anxiety and stress to any counsellor, and I will endeavour to help counsellors to work through their interventions and look at ways forward: risk assessments, safety plans, referrals etc.

In sessions I tend to offer more guidence to those less experienced, and focus on how the counsellor is coping with individual clients' and their issues - perhaps offering encouragement and acknowledging skills, looking at boundaries, transference issues, ethical issues, potential interventions and 'ways of being' with the client and helping the supervisee to link their practice with theories they have been learning etc. 

Experienced counsellors usually need a more colleguial approach, and help to explore and check out their own practice - boundaries, ideas, feelings, transference  issues etc. - developing and working to a greater extent - with their own 'inner supervisor'.

My first session

I offer an initial free short telephone session to explore the needs, working context and experience of the counsellor.

The first session is an oportunity to meet each other, to look at supervisees' individual needs,  and to mutually decide whether I am the right person to undertake the supervision work. 

Contracting is done in the first session - agreeing the frequency, mode, and how much supervision is required etc.

What I can help with

Abuse, Addictions, AIDS/HIV, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Cultural issues, Depression, Development coaching, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, Loss, Men's issues, Obsessions, OCD, Personal development, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues

Types of therapy

Brief therapy, CBT, Cognitive, Creative therapy, Eclectic, Emotionally focused therapy, Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Neuro linguistic programming, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Solution focused brief therapy, Transactional analysis, Transpersonal

Clients I work with

Adults, EAP, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees, Young people

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy, Time-limited