What is supervision?

Supervision is a process which aims to provide a supportive alliance between you and a supervisor, in order that the you can maintain the highest standards of working and continue to develop your professional skills and yourself as a professional. You benefit from insights gained from having the additional more detached perspective of the supervisor. Supervision also aims to ensure that the your practice is ethical and that your client's well-being is being maintained. Supervision protects the client by involving an impartial third party in your work with your clients. This helps you reduce risk of oversight and overstepping of boundaries. It helps you to reflect on your work, thoughts, feelings, interactions and general approach with your clients. All this helps improve the value you provide to your clients and ensures continuing professional development of yourself and your skills.

It should also be borne in mind that supervision is now becoming a mandatory requirement for registration to many ethical therapy bodies.

Why do you need Supervision ?

• To help you to obtain clarification of your therapeutic work
• To help you maintain the highest standards of working
• To share experiences
• To gain insight and help yourself develop your skills as a therapist
• To give you time to reflect on your work
• To Develop awareness
• To build your confidence as a therapist
• To maintain ethical boundaries
• To provide an opportunity to reflect and discuss your work
• To learn new skills
• To consider new perspectives
• To satisfy the supervision requirements of your governing body
  

What supervision is not?

• Supervision is not training
• Supervision is not personal therapy

It is really up to you to ensure that you have received a high enough standard of training to be in practice. Supervision is not about training or personal therapy, the exception to this would usually be discussion or demonstration of specific concepts or techniques as a suggestion or an alternative aimed at broadening your skills and perspectives.

One of the purposes of supervision is to ensure you work safely within the limits of your training, experience and ability so that you protect your own well-being, and you do no harm to your clients. Supervision is also about helping you to grow as a professional so you will be continually encouraged to expand the limits of your skills, experience and confidence.

It is also up to you to ensure that you are of a sound enough mind to be in practice. If it is noticed that any of your own personal issues are intruding into and affecting your client sessions or your practice, this will be discussed. Personal therapy may be suggested. Due to boundary issues it is not usually considered appropriate for therapy to be provided by your supervisor.

As a supervisor I can provide and offer guidance with:

• Developing your practice
• Enhancing effective work with clients
• A supportive and empathic setting for you to discuss your client work
• Provide an impartial perspective
• Developing your professional skills
• Helping you to maintain ethical boundaries

Why is supervision important for therapists?

It is important for therapists to be supervised for a number of reasons. Many therapists work in isolation and therefore do not have other therapists to use as a benchmark to compare themselves against. Even if they work alongside other therapists, the client sessions are usually carried out on a one-to-one basis and are therefore private and confidential. Supervision can act as that much needed external check.

Without a regular evaluation of confidence versus competence, the therapists confidence in their skills may be less than their competence. In this case the therapist may not be developing their skills or practice as well as they potentially could. The opposite case would be when the therapist may begin to believe that they are far more skilled than they actually are. This could lead to inappropriate use of skills, which could be unethical or even dangerous for the client.

Supervision checks on the therapist, to encourage progress and keep them focussed. Without supervision the therapist may be unaware of mistakes that are being made or if they are aware of them they may be unsure of how to rectify the mistakes. Supervision ensures that the therapist does not breach ethical boundaries set out by their governing body which ensures the clients well-being.

What therapies can you provide supervision for?

I can provide supervision for a wide range of alternative and complementary therapies and practices. Due to the way supervision mostly focuses on how you work, rather than the specific details of your therapeutic approach, it is not entirely necessary for the supervisor to be trained in your exact form of therapy. In fact it can actually help broaden your own understanding because you can benefit from the supervisors different perspective.

Note: I am currently unable to provide supervision for those working towards accreditation with the BACP or UKCP.

Just a few examples of therapies I can offer supervision for :

• Hypnotherapists
• NLP Practitioners
• Life Coaches
• Business Coaches
• EFT Practitioners
• Biofeedback
• Ecotherapies/Wilderness Therapies
• Therapeutic Shamanism
• Counselling
• Psychotherapy
• Reiki
• Kinesiology
• Massage therapy
• Naturopathy
• Nutritional Therapy

What form can the supervision meetings take?

Meeting face to face is the preferred method, but if it is too far for you to travel I also offer supervision by telephone or over the internet.

• In-Person supervision
• Telephone supervision
• Internet based supervision (Using Skype, preferrably with a webcam)

Frequency of supervision sessions

The frequency of your supervision will largely be determined by the requirements of your governing body. Some governing bodies specify a minimum number of hours supervision per month, others require that you have supervision in proportion to the number of client contact hours.

If your governing body does not specify the exact number of hours of supervision, or you are not a member of a governing body, I would simply suggest you do one hour of supervision on a regular monthly or bi-monthly basis.

What qualifies you as a supervisor?

I hold an Accredited Supervisor Certificate which is accredited by the National Council of Psychotherapists (NCP) and the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR).

I have also been in full-time private practice as a the therapist since 2002, and am a fully trained and qualified psychotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner, Advanced Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, Ecotherapist and Stress Management Consultant.

Booking is easy

When you are ready, simply phone me on 0161 881 4333 or to make an appointment now.

Location

I practice both from a consulting room in my home in Chorlton in South Manchester, and from a clinic on Harley Street, London. If you can't travel to me then I am also available for online therapy, counselling and coaching via Skype.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

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Supervision Fees

You may pay by cash, Debit Card, credit card or online. I no longer accept cheques.

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Nigel Magowan

Nigel Magowan BSc(Hons) UKCP(CIT) DABCH MCAHyp GHR SQHP MHA AMPM
Solution-Focused Integrative Psychotherapist, Life Coach, Licensed NLP Master Practitioner, Advanced Hypnotherapist, Ecotherapist, Accredited Supervisor and Natural Awareness Therapist

About Nigel Magowan

Nigel Magowan is a professional and experienced Solution-Focused Integrative Psychotherapist, Life Coach, a Licensed NLP Master Practitioner, an Advanced Hypnotherapist and Ecotherapist. Nigel has trained with some of the best trainers. He combines all his training, skills and experience to produce a treatment that is tailored to your exact needs. He uses an integrative solution focused approach to his work which can bring about results in a much shorter time than traditional counselling or psychoanalysis. He has also received additional specialist training in working with addictions, treating IBS, controlling pain, stress management techniques, and ecotherapy. Nigel is also a fully trained and accredited supervisor and offers supervision to other therapists.

Nigel holds an enhanced CRB certificate.

He has his own busy Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, Counselling, Life Coaching, NLP and Hypnotherapy practice in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, South Manchester, and on Harley Street, London. Within easy traveling distance of Altrincham, Ashton, Bolton, Buxton, Didsbury, Fallowfield, Gatley, Glossop, Harley Street London, Hale, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Manchester City Centre, Mere, Preston, Sale, Stockport, Stretford, Wilmslow, Withington and other towns in Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and the Greater Manchester and the North West area.

He specialises in helping people with anxiety, panic attacks, stress management, addictions, IBS, pain control, confidence and self esteem, insomnia, public speaking and performance anxiety, fears, phobias, smoking cessation, weight loss, and study and sport performance enhancement.

He is a a UKCP Candidate in Training; a member of the Community for Contemporary Psychotherapy; the General Hypnotherapy Register, the Hypnotherapy Association; the Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy; the Association for Neuro-Linguistic Programming (ANLP); the NHS Directory of Complementary & Alternative Practitioners; the UK Register of IBS Therapists; the National Register of Practitioners in Smoking Cessation

He practices according to the Community for Contemporary Psychotherapy, General Hypnotherapy Standards Council, ANLP and Hypnotherapy Associations code of ethics, and has full Professional Indemnity Insurance.

Qualifications & Training

Continuing Professional Development
Current and on-going training and supervision, keeping my skills fresh and at the cutting edge

Please take some time to browse the other pages on this website:

What is Hypnosis and hypnotherapy?

What is NLP?

Some of the conditions that respond well to hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and NLP which can be treated at the Manchester office

Questions and Answers about hypnosis, hypnotherapy, NLP and stress management

Services available at the Manchester office

Stop smoking using hypnotherapy and NLP

Using hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and NLP for weight loss and weight management

Hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and NLP for Anxiety Disorders

Using hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and NLP for Stress Management

Using hypnotherapy and NLP to quickly overcome Fears and Phobias

Using hypnotherapy, psychotherapy for the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Pain control and pain management using hypnotherapy, noesitherapy, NLP at our Manchester practice

Manchester based Life Coaching

Hypnosis MP3 Downloads

Prices for hypnotherapy and NLP treatments at the Manchester practice

Location of the hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, NLP and stress management practice in Manchester

Links to sites related to hypnosis, hypnotherapy, NLP and Manchester

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Clients come to me from all over the North West of England, see below for a list of areas covered:

Greater Manchester: Chorlton ~ Didsbury ~ Fallowfield ~ Flixton ~ Eccles ~ Irlam ~ Salford ~ Swinton ~ Pendlebury ~ Worsley ~ Walkden ~ Cadishead ~ Bury ~ Bolton ~ Farnworth ~ Little Lever ~ Kearsley ~ Wardley ~ Monton ~ Orrel ~ Barton ~ Boothstown ~ Dumplington ~ Baguley ~ Benchill ~ Burnage ~ Blackley ~ Beswick ~ Clayton ~ Crumpsall ~ Levenshulme ~ Longsight ~ Northenden ~ Rusholme ~ Sharston ~ Withington ~ Woodhouse Park ~ Wythenshawe ~ Westhoughton ~ Blackrod ~ Kearsley ~ Horwich ~ Prestwich ~ Ramsbottom ~ Radcliffe ~ Tottington ~ Whitefield ~ Whalley Range ~ Carrington ~ Victoria Park ~ Old Trafford ~ Cheetham Hill ~ Tameside ~ Ashton under Lyme ~ Denton ~ Reddish ~ Stalybridge ~ Hyde ~ Oldham ~ Royton ~ Saddleworth ~ Rochdale ~ Heywood ~ Littleborough ~ Castleton ~ Milnrow ~ Middleton ~ Wardle ~ Wigan ~ Ashton-in-Makerfield ~ Golborne ~ Billinge ~ Winstanley ~ Leigh ~ Standish.

North Trafford: Davyhulme ~ Firswood ~ Flixton ~ Gorse Hill ~ Lostock ~ Old Trafford ~ Stretford ~ Trafford Park ~ Urmston.

South Trafford: Altrincham ~ Ashton-on-Mersey ~ Bowdon ~ Broadheath ~ Brooklands ~ Carrington ~ Dunham Massey ~ Hale ~ Hale Barns ~ Oldfield Brow ~ Partington ~ Sale ~ Sale Moor ~ Timperley ~ Warburton ~ West Timperley.

Stockport: Adswood ~ Bramhall ~ Bredbury ~ Brinnington ~ Cheadle ~ Cheadle Hulme ~ Compstall ~ Davenport ~ Edgeley ~ Gatley ~ Heaton Moor ~ Heaton Norris ~ Heaton Chapel ~ Heaton Mersey ~ Hazel Grove ~ Heald Green ~ Heavily ~ High Lane ~ Marple ~ Offerton ~ Poynton ~ Reddish ~ Romiley.

Cheshire: Alderley Edge ~ Adlington ~ Ashley ~ Bucklow Hill ~ Handforth Dean ~ High Legh ~ Knutsford ~ Mere ~ Mobberley ~ Ollerton ~ Plumley ~ Tatton ~ Pickmere ~ Wilmslow ~ Warburton ~ Woodford ~ Lymm ~ Dunham ~ Massey ~ Chester ~ Crewe ~ Northwich ~ Daresbury ~ Warington ~ Winsford ~ Widnes ~ Wirral ~ Nantwich ~ Sandbach ~ Middlewich ~ Congleton ~ Alsager ~ Macclesfield ~ Prestbury ~ Goostrey ~ Pickmere ~ Mottram St.Andrew ~ Mobberley ~ Chelford ~ Tytherington ~ Bollington ~ Alsager ~ Tarporley ~ Davenham ~ Great Appleton Thorn ~ Budworth ~ Little Budworth ~ Frodsham ~ Holmes Chape ~ High Legh ~ Disley ~ Grappenhall ~ Appleton ~ Croft ~ Thelwall ~ Penketh ~ Glazebury ~ Winwick ~ Culcheth ~ Saint Helens ~ Over Peover ~ Lower Peover ~ Church Lawton ~ Cranage ~ Stockton Heath.

Cumbria ~ Lancashire ~ Merseyside ~ Derbyshire ~ Staffordshire ~ Peak District ~ North Wales ~ North West.

If you are looking for a hypnotherapist in the UK outside of the above areas try clicking a link below to search the General Hypnotherapy Register:

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