Jeanette Sims

I am an experienced Clinical Supervisor and Reflective Practitioner with over 30 years in healthcare and mental health services. My approach is trauma-informed, person-centered, and shaped by both professional expertise and lived experience. I offer a safe, supportive space for practitioners to reflect, grow, and maintain ethical integrity in their work.

I am also a NAPT Autism Awareness Trainer through the Anna Freud Centre, committed to promoting understanding and inclusion for neurodivergent individuals. My work is grounded in compassion, safeguarding, and a belief in the power of reflective practice to enhance resilience and professional confidence.

I provide individual and group supervision, online and in person as well as structured reflective practice sessions. My supervision experience spans a wide range of settings, including:

• Trainee practitioners in mental health and counseling.

• Schools and educational staff, supporting wellbeing and safeguarding.

• Charities and voluntary organizations, ensuring ethical and reflective practice.

• Crisis intervention teams, promoting resilience and safe decision-making.

• Therapists and mental health professionals, fostering growth and accountability.

My style is collaborative and non-judgmental, encouraging open dialogue and exploration of complex cases, emotional impact, and ethical dilemmas. I aim to create a space where theory and practice come together to support both professional development and personal wellbeing.

Your first session with me is an opportunity to get to know each other and establish what you need from supervision. We will:

• Explore your goals and expectations.

• Discuss your current practice and any challenges you face.

• Agree on a supervision contract that reflects your needs and professional requirements.

I want you to feel comfortable and supported from the start, so the first session is about building trust and clarity. Whether you are new to supervision or experienced, my aim is to make this a collaborative and empowering process.

I am a BACP‑registered counsellor and clinical supervisor with over twenty years of therapeutic experience and more than thirty years in health and wellbeing roles. My work spans private practice and the charity sector, where I have led services and supported teams through change. These experiences have deepened my understanding of mental health across all ages and contexts, and they keep me grounded in what matters most: people feeling safe, heard and respected.

I specialise in attachment, trauma and neurodiversity, and I work with anxiety, low mood, loss, relationship challenges and complex emotional needs. My approach is informed by lived experience as well as professional training, and I believe that every person has unique strengths that deserve recognition. The therapeutic relationship is central—it is the steady, respectful connection that makes growth possible. I offer individual, couples and family counselling online and in person and I also provide clinical supervision to practitioners, both in person and online.

I hold advanced qualifications in counselling and supervision and have completed extensive CPD in safeguarding, trauma, CBT and mindfulness. Alongside my clinical work, I have created and improved services, trained multidisciplinary teams and supported organisations to embed inclusive, trauma‑aware practice. Above all, I am committed to ethical, reflective work that helps people build resilience, clarity and self‑compassion.

My practice is integrative, relational and trauma‑informed. Rather than following a rigid model, I shape the work around you. Together we identify what matters most and choose approaches that fit—drawing from person‑centred therapy, CBT‑informed strategies, mindfulness and creative methods when helpful. I am attachment‑aware and neurodiversity‑affirming, paying attention to safety, pacing and communication preferences so therapy feels accessible and respectful.

The relationship is the most important element. I aim to offer a dependable, boundaried space where you can explore patterns, feelings and needs without judgement. We will notice what happens in the room, link this to your history and current context, and translate insights into practical steps that serve your goals—whether that is stabilising after trauma, improving relationships, reducing anxiety or strengthening self‑esteem. We review regularly, invite feedback and adapt the plan together.

As a supervisor, I provide a thoughtful, ethically focused reflective space for counsellors and wellbeing practitioners. Supervision with me balances care and robust thinking about risk, safeguarding, boundaries, difference and power. My aim—whether in therapy or supervision—is to enable confident, compassionate practice that honours each person’s story and autonomy.

I offer counselling that is flexible and accessible—sessions can take place face‑to‑face, online or by phone, depending on what works best for you. My approach is compassionate, person‑centred and trauma‑informed, with a focus on building a safe, trusting relationship where you feel heard and respected.

Alongside ongoing therapy, I also provide an Enhanced Single Session Therapy option. This can be incredibly helpful if you are facing an immediate challenge or need clarity and support around a specific situation. In that session, we work intensively on what matters most to you, creating practical steps and strategies you can take away and use straight away.

Whether you choose shorter or longer‑term work, my aim is to help you feel supported, understood and empowered to move forward at your own pace.

Your first meeting with me is calm, welcoming and unhurried. We start with what has brought you now and what you hope might be different. I will outline how I work, confidentiality and its limits, and how we agree goals and review progress. You can tell me what helps you feel safe—pace, sensory preferences, communication needs—and I will adapt accordingly. If helpful, we may sketch a simple map of your current supports, pressures and strengths to guide our focus.

You are invited to share as much or as little as feels comfortable; there is no expectation to tell everything at once. We will consider immediate needs and agree first steps that feel doable between sessions. If risk is present, we will create a clear safety plan together and I will explain how I manage safeguarding responsibly. With your consent, I can liaise with other professionals to ensure joined‑up support.

By the end of the session you will have a sense of me, the rhythm of the work and a draft plan: aims, preferred ways of working, session length and frequency, fees and practicalities. You can then decide if continuing feels right for you. My intention is that you leave feeling heard, respected and hopeful—knowing that the relationship we build is the foundation for the change you’re seeking.