Zoe-C Smith

Online Sessions only:

Core sessions: Mon & Thu evenings (additional availability varies)

Please check my website for current availability. 

You don’t need a supervisor who just ticks the boxes and signs off your hours.

You need someone who sees you - the whole of you - not just as a practitioner but as a human being doing deeply relational work in a complex world.

I bring over 16 years of experience as a therapist and hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision (2020). My own therapeutic work is integrative and relational, with additional training in Somatic Trauma Therapy (Babette Rothschild) and Polyvagal Theory (Deb Dana). As a supervisor, I support professionals working with adults (18+) in similar modalities.

Supervision with me is collaborative, honest, and real. It’s a space where you can think, feel, wonder, struggle, laugh, and grow. Whether you're newly qualified or deeply seasoned, I tailor our work together to reflect both your strengths and your growing edges - integrating professional development, ethical reflection, emotional support, and real-life context.

I don’t believe in a ‘blank slate’ supervisory role. I show up - with curiosity, compassion, and a grounded presence. Together, we explore what your client work evokes in you, how your personal history shapes your clinical instincts, and how to grow your practice in a way that feels sustainable and meaningful.

If you want supervision that nourishes your work and your whole self, I might be the right fit for you.

Supervision with me is grounded, relational, and integrative. I don’t see it as a box-ticking exercise, but as a real space for reflection, challenge, and professional development. I work best with supervisees who are curious, thoughtful, and open to growth - whether you’re newly qualified, in training, or well into your professional journey.

Our work together is a collaborative process - not just clinical case management, but an exploration of the deeper dynamics that emerge in the therapy room and in your role as a practitioner. We might explore theory and technique, but just as often we’ll consider your own process, how your personal history might interact with your clinical work, and how to strengthen your confidence, ethical clarity, and professional identity over time.

Supervisees often tell me they feel more confident in their instincts, more grounded in their identity as a therapist, and more willing to bring their whole self into the room - even the messy parts. They feel seen, supported, and respectfully challenged to grow in the direction that’s most theirs.

I offer online supervision during the week. Whether you're looking for monthly sessions, ad-hoc support, or group supervision, we can tailor the format to suit your needs and stage of practice.

And if you ever find yourself needing support outside our usual session times - such as navigating an urgent client issue - you're welcome to contact me and we can arrange a time to speak by phone. You're not alone in those moments.

Supervision with me begins with a 60-minute Chemistry Session - a space for us both to get a feel for how we work together. You’re welcome to bring a piece of client work, but it’s just as valuable to use the time exploring what you want from supervision, how you learn best, and whether we’re a good fit.

This isn’t an interview, and there’s no pressure to decide immediately. The aim is to co-create a working relationship that feels useful, honest, and tailored to you. If it feels like the right fit, we’ll agree a contract for ongoing work that supports your professional body’s requirements and your own development goals.

I work with qualified therapists and trainees, online during the week. Most supervisees choose monthly 90-minute sessions, but we can adapt the frequency and length to suit your needs and requirements, including group supervision options.

If you need supervision that makes space for your whole self, that weaves together clinical, relational, ethical and emotional threads - this might be a very good place to start.

Online Sessions:

Sessions: Mon & Thu evenings (additional availability varies)

Please check my website for current availability.

You don’t need another therapist who just nods and asks how that makes you feel.

You need someone who understands the stuckness beneath the symptoms: emotional overwhelm, self-doubt, numbness, disconnection, and the pull back toward old patterns even when they no longer help. Someone who doesn’t pathologise you, but works alongside you to help you understand yourself more clearly and create meaningful change.

My work integrates talk therapy, nervous system awareness, somatic exploration, emotional integration, and grounded real-life strategies. Together, we explore where patterns came from, how they once helped you survive, and what life might feel like without them.

We don’t stay stuck in the past, but we do make sense of it so you can move forward with more clarity, calm, and connection. Clients often tell me they feel more grounded, more themselves, and more able to engage with life rather than simply endure it.

I’ve worked as a therapist for over 16 years and hold a first-class BSc (Hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy degree, alongside advanced training in Somatic Trauma Therapy and Polyvagal Practice.

I work online with adults aged 18+ via Zoom and currently offer two ways of working:

• Ongoing Therapy: weekly relational therapy for deeper long-term work around recurring emotional, relational, nervous system, or dissociative patterns. This work unfolds gradually over time and focuses on regulation, attunement, and integration.

• One At A Time Therapy (OAATT): a focused single-session approach designed to help you move forward with a specific issue, decision, or situation. Some people book a single session, while others return flexibly on an ad-hoc basis without committing to weekly therapy.

Core sessions are currently available Monday and Thursday evenings, with some additional flexible availability.

My clients are often thoughtful, insightful people who’ve often spent years trying to understand themselves, pushing through, overthinking, or coping alone but still feel stuck in some important way.

You might arrive feeling emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, numb, self-critical, or simply exhausted from carrying everything by yourself. Sometimes people know exactly why they’ve come to therapy. Sometimes they don’t. Both are okay.

Therapy with me is collaborative, grounded, and paced to your nervous system. We don’t just talk about thoughts and problems - we also pay attention to what’s happening in your body, emotions, and patterns of relating. Often the things we struggle with most are not simply “bad habits” to fix, but ways of surviving that once made sense.

I’m not a blank-slate therapist and I won’t sit silently while you struggle to fill the room. I bring warmth, curiosity, honesty, humour, and active engagement to the work. Together, we make sense of old patterns while building something more connected, flexible, and sustainable moving forward.

Whether you’re looking for focused one-off support or deeper long-term therapy, I offer both flexibility and depth.

Whether you’re looking for focused one-off support or deeper long-term therapy, the first step is designed to help you feel heard, understood, and clearer about what you need.

One At A Time Therapy (OAATT):
OAATT is a focused single-session approach designed to help you move forward with a specific issue, decision, situation, or period of stuckness. Some people book a one-off session, while others return flexibly as needed without committing to weekly therapy.

Sessions last 50 minutes and can be booked directly through my website.

Ongoing Therapy:
For people wanting deeper weekly work, ongoing therapy begins with a paid Deep Dive Consultation session. This is an extended assessment session where we explore your current situation, patterns, goals, and whether longer-term therapy feels like the right fit.

All sessions are online via Zoom.