Individual supervision
Supervision is one of the most meaningful parts of my work. I don’t see it as handing down expertise from on high, but as a collaborative, sometimes uncomfortable, always evolving conversation about how we think, feel, and act as therapists. If you’re interested in integrating psychoanalytic ideas into your practice — whether you’re newly qualified, mid-career, or deep into training — I offer a space where that thinking can take root and grow.
I trained as both a clinical psychologist and a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and I’ve spent over a decade working in the spaces between those traditions. I know what it’s like to move from structured, skills-based models into the murkier waters of psychodynamic work — and I know how disorienting (and liberating) that shift can be. Since qualifying, I’ve taught, supervised, and examined on clinical and counselling psychology doctorates across the UK, as well as offering clinical tuition and supervision to psychoanalytic trainees. I work best with people who are curious, open to challenge, and hungry to connect theory with lived experience — their clients’ and their own.
Whether you’re looking to develop a more robust analytic stance, deepen your countertransference work, make sense of complex dynamics, or find your own voice as a therapist, we’ll explore what matters most to you. Supervision with me isn’t about ticking CPD boxes — it’s about thinking deeply, working honestly, and staying emotionally alive in the work.
Fees
Individual supervision: £95 per session (qualified practitioners), £75 per session (trainees)
Available in EC4Y (Central London), KT6 (Surbiton), or remotely via Zoom or Skype.
Group Supervision
I also run small, lively groups — including work discussion groups for trainees and supervision groups for qualified psychologists. These are spaces to experiment, reflect, and think aloud without needing to polish or prove. Together we explore what analytic ideas look like in practice: how they clarify, how they confuse, and how they illuminate the relational dramas that play out in every therapy room.
We’ll welcome uncertainty, contradiction, resistance, and play. The group is a place where you’re allowed to get it wrong, try something bold, feel exposed, and come back again next week to make more sense of it. In other words: we’ll do what we ask our clients to do.
If you’re part of a peer group or have colleagues interested in forming a bespoke group, get in touch — I’m always open to shaping something that suits your needs and learning style.
Dr Russel Ayling 