Your clients get the best. So should you.

The most effective and ethical practitioners are not the ones who work hardest. They are the ones who are most supported: clinically, professionally and personally.

Supervision is where that support lives. It is the space where you can think clearly about your client work, process what the work brings up in you, navigate the ethical complexities of independent practice and ensure that you are working in a way that is genuinely sustainable. Supervision is here for your clients and for yourself.

Good supervision protects the people you work with. It also protects you.

Who I work with

I offer clinical supervision to psychotherapists and coaches working independently in private practice.

Some of my supervisees are newly qualified — building confidence and rigour as they establish their practice and develop their professional style and identity. Others are experienced practitioners carrying complex, demanding caseloads who need a genuinely reflective space with someone who understands the full picture of what independent practice involves.

I welcome enquiries from practitioners at any stage of their career.

What makes supervision with me different

As a psychotherapist, business coach and civil and commercial mediator I understand your client work at a clinical level - and I also understand the practical, commercial and structural realities of running an independent practice.

That means our work together doesn't stop at case reflection. We also look at the structures, systems and boundaries that determine whether your practice is working for you, your ways of working, your professional boundaries, and where relevant, the messaging and positioning that represents you to the world. Because how you present your practice affects the clients you attract, the work you do and ultimately the quality of care you provide.

This is supervision that holds the whole picture. Not just the clinical work: but also the professional and the person doing it.

How I work - a 50/30/20 approach

I describe my supervision as consisting of three distinct but interconnected elements:

  • 50% - Reflective exploration

    Using counselling skills to support you as a whole person and as a professional. We explore your responses, your experiences, what the work brings up in you and what you need to remain psychologically resourced, emotionally well and genuinely fulfilled in your practice.

  • 30% - Clinical and professional guidance

    Drawing on my experience as a psychotherapist, coach and mediator to think carefully through client work, ethical dilemmas, approaches and interventions. This is a space for the kind of rigorous, honest clinical thinking that independent practice doesn't always make easy.

  • 20% - Practice mentorship

    Supporting you as a practitioner building and sustaining an independent practice — including the structures, boundaries, systems and professional decisions that determine whether your work remains ethical, rewarding and sustainable over the long term.

My approach

My supervision approach is part training, part care for the professional, and part care for the professional’s clients. My style is compassionate and attentive, focusing on you both as an individual and as a practitioner.

I believe effective supervision is essential for therapists and coaches. At its best, supervision is built on a strong, trusting relationship between supervisor and supervisee — one where the supervisee feels comfortable sharing mistakes, raising concerns, asking questions, and feeling genuinely supported and encouraged in their development.

If you are looking for supervision that is rigorous, genuinely reflective and holds both the clinical and the human dimensions of your practice - I would welcome a conversation.

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What are Lily Llewellyn's credentials?

MA in Anthropology — University of Aberdeen

MSc in Person-Centred Counselling for Children, Young People and Adults — University of Aberdeen

Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Life Coaching Diploma and Small Business Coaching Diploma — The Coaching Academy

Civil and Commercial Mediator — The Society of Mediators

Clinical Supervisor — The Association of Psychological Therapies