Our Supervisors
Choose Therapy offers complementary supervision to all counsellors on placement.
Ute Dorner-Morris
My counselling work started in the Netherlands more then 35 years ago. Currently I am working as a supervisor and have been for 13 years in the UK. I do love to support my supervisees to build their confidence and their self-belief. I am trained in gestalt, embodiment and person centred therapy. I integrate working creatively through different media’s, mindfulness, yoga and the body. My special interest is IFS, inner child work and neuroscience.
I have a practice for counselling adults, couples, groups and children, and I am a supervisor for counsellors working with sexual violence and bereavement. I enjoy working with trainees and in group supervision for Choose. I am here to help you navigate your placement and grow your potential as a counselling therapist.
MBACP- approved registered counsellor
Jennifer Lumsden-Gordon
I have been qualified and worked as a counsellor since 2002 and as a qualified Clinical Supervisor since 2011. I worked at Black Country Women’s Aid (BCWA) for 20 years (2004 – 2024) as Therapeutic Lead but also undertook other roles to include that of Service Manager for the Domestic Abuse Service, The Sexual Violence and Abuse Service and Lead Trainer. I now have my own private practice, to include counselling, clinical supervision and training. I take an Integrative approach to my counselling work, underpinned by a Person-Centred approach, but have a solid understanding of the other main modalities to include Psychodynamic, Transactional Analysis and CBT. My supervision qualification was that of the Cyclical Model (Page and Wosket) but over time my practice has evolved to take a more relational approach (Shoet). As Therapeutic Lead at BCWA I was responsible for recruiting, training, supporting, and supervising the counselling placements. I have always found supporting students through their learning , development and the transition from classroom to therapy room very rewarding.
ben jearum
I am an accredited Registrant of the NCPS (MNCPS Acc.)
I am a qualified person-centred counsellor and supervisor. I have been in private practice since 2014 and have been a supervisor since 2018. I supervise both trainee and qualified counsellors in group settings as well as one to one. I have experience delivering supervision in person and remotely. Currently I hold supervision roles within several counselling agencies.
My approach to supervision is collaborative and exploratory focusing on the relationship and dynamics of the group. Working safely and ethically I encourage supervisees to explore current client work and their personal process. I also offer supervision through the lens of The Seven Eyed Supervision Model.
Marian Hanson
Margaret Birrell
I qualified as a Counsellor in 2002, and as a Supervisor in 2009 and have now worked within this Profession for approx. 23 years. I became Accredited with BACP as a Supervisor of Groups, since 2012. Over the past 2 years, I have enjoyed working on behalf of choosetherapy.co.uk (as a Contract Supervisor of groups), supporting groups of Trainee Counsellors on their journey through this placement experience with their first Clients
My work experience has been broad, varied and very interesting; I have worked extensively within the Addictions counselling field, also in Private Practice accepting referrals from EAP organisations and private Clients, young people, adults, individuals and couples. For a 10 year period I worked within NHS settings in Primary Care Counselling, Supervision, and delivery of CBT groups. I’ve worked contractually within Voluntary/Charity Counselling Service, supervising groups of Counsellors, both Trainee’s and qualified, and supported a Project for Detainee’s in an Immigration Detainee Centre. I’ve also contracted to provide Supervision within REHAB setting, also a Therapeutic Community, as well as Women’s Hospice Settings. These work settings have brought me a valuable experience and ongoing training in working with severe anxiety, trauma, ptsd, depression, and severe mental health presentations and personality disorders.
My approach in Supervision is based on a broad base or mix of approaches such as Rogerian, Humanistic, Transactional Analysis (T.A.), CBT, BSF, Systemic, Clarkson. Whilst holding in mind a psychodynamic awareness of the therapeutic relationship between the Counsellor and the Client, using this to support the Supervisee’s insight into the Client, the underlying process of the therapeutic alliance, and Client’s presenting issues.
I see the supervision group as a rich environment for exchanged different perspectives, and yet also a focused space where each supervisee can apply their chosen training modality in skills and practice. I also see this supervision space as a safe space, where supervisee’s can develop their skills and sense of self as a Supervisee, in the safe holding of the supervision container, in line with BACP Ethical Framework.
Darren Flint
Hello, I’m Darren (any pronouns). I hold several of the supervision groups for Choose Therapy, as well as supporting with clinical oversight of the service. My background is as an Integrative Humanistic counsellor. I tend to work with trans* and non-binary clients, especially at the intersectionality of neurodiversity and chronic illness – these are identities and experiences that I also share myself. I have a background in the charity sector, having designed and run a low-cost counselling service similar to Choose Therapy’s. This gives me a deep understanding of the trainee counsellor experience, and I genuinely enjoy supporting colleagues through these vital stages in your professional development. My approach to supervision is collaborative and collegiate, I seek to actively reduce the hierarchies that we encounter through our roles.
Samantha Purser
I have been qualified and worked as a counsellor since 2002 and as a qualified Clinical Supervisor since 2011. I worked at Black Country Women’s Aid (BCWA) for 20 years (2004 – 2024) as Therapeutic Lead but also undertook other roles to include that of Service Manager for the Domestic Abuse Service, The Sexual Violence and Abuse Service and Lead Trainer. I now have my own private practice, to include counselling, clinical supervision and training. I take an Integrative approach to my counselling work, underpinned by a Person-Centred approach, but have a solid understanding of the other main modalities to include Psychodynamic, Transactional Analysis and CBT. My supervision qualification was that of the Cyclical Model (Page and Wosket) but over time my practice has evolved to take a more relational approach (Shoet). As Therapeutic Lead at BCWA I was responsible for recruiting, training, supporting, and supervising the counselling placements. I have always found supporting students through their learning , development and the transition from classroom to therapy room very rewarding.
Jane Cundasamy
Jane is a Registered Member of the BACP and the Complex Trauma Institute (UK). She has a Masters’ degree in Psychotherapy and was trained as a Supervisor by Profs. Sue Wheeler & Delia Cushway in Leicester.
Jane has worked as an Integrative Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor for the past two decades in a range of organisations including local charities, NHS, MIND, residential children’s homes and schools. For a decade she took counsellors through professional training to Level 6 and now supervises those still in training and in placement settings as well as qualified individuals in private practice. She has supervised at Choose Therapy since 2021.
Her expertise includes specialist trauma informed practice working with domestic abuse and survivors of childhood abuse. She is also passionate about using a creative approach and providing effective neurodivergence-affirming therapy.
Jane is currently studying to be an Outdoor Therapist and Group Facilitator in Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy.
Louanne Martin
Group Supervision is a special learning space. It is the opportunity to share work, to learn from a range of people, to feel comfort in knowing that you are not alone in the work – to benefit from the collective human experience of belonging.
The Group provides a safe, confidential space to share work and experience that is not available elsewhere, It is a participative and co-operative environment.
Striving to understand in the Group through respectful, open communication is a powerful model for different work contexts.
A good supervisory relationship is the responsibility of all members of the Group which includes challenge and support.
My promise to you: is to do my best for you and make Group Supervision a learning-friendly environment, to endeavour to be honest and direct in giving feedback, build and maintain our relationship, keep an eye on possible ruptures and work to repair them.
Your promise to me: is to engage in supervision as best you can, to prepare and reflect on our supervision, to say how you are finding supervision with the Group, to be open to learning and hard not to be defensive when you hear what you don’t like, to monitor the relationships within the Groupand take steps to ensure it is healthy.
Our joint responsibilities are:
Standards of my practice and qualifications:
I am an MBACP Accredited Counsellor. I work within the BACP Ethical Framework (2018). I hold a Diploma in Advanced Reflexive Supervision and I am an integrative practitioner using primarily ‘The 7 eyed model’; Hawkins and Shohet (2010), ‘the cyclical model of supervision; Page & Wosket (1994), and ‘process framework’; Moore (2017).
I am a relational counsellor with a private practice. I am a cross professional supervisor. I supervisethose who work with suicide, self-harm, unaccompanied children and young people seeking asylum or who are in need of protection due to Human Trafficking and Exploitation and survivors of the mother and baby institutions.
Kay Choudary
Kay Choudary is a senior accredited therapist and clinical supervisor, proudly recognised as a senior accredited member of the National Council of Integrated Psychotherapists (NCIP) and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). With over 23 years of experience in the mental health field, Kay has dedicated her career to helping individuals rediscover themselves and reignite joy in their lives.
Holding a Postgraduate Diploma in Trauma and PTSD (Level 7) , Kay specialises in supporting clients facing a wide range of challenges, from feelings of low self-worth to the aftermath of severe trauma. Her compassionate approach fosters a non-judgemental and secure environment in her private practice, Counselling First (wwwcounsellingfirst.com) Please do take a look.
In addition to her private practice, Kay is deeply involved in the field of psychotherapy through teaching counselling (CPCAB Tutor), Level 4 & 5), and supervising trainee counsellors as well as running CPD events and groups.
Kay is an Integrative therapist who not only employs evidence-based practices such as EMDR but also incorporates creativity into her work, be it teaching, supervising or client work. Her multi-faceted involvement in mental health care reflects her commitment to facilitating healing and growth for individuals of all ages. Kay is dedicated to guiding trainees to being a great therapist by equipping them with the tools they need to thrive.
