Supportive, Practical Supervision to Help you Think Clearly and Work With Confidence
Supervision should be a space where you can talk openly, reflect honestly and make sense of your clinical work without feeling that you are being tested.
I offer CBT clinical supervision and private practice mentoring to therapists who want to strengthen their clinical skills, develop confidence in their decisions and create a sustainable way of working.
Supervision is available online across the UK or in person in Gosforth, Newcastle.
- Format: Online (UK-wide) or in person, Gosforth, Newcastle
- Cost: £90 per 60-minute session
- Frequency: Flexible, agreed around your needs
- Best for: Newly qualified and experienced CBT therapists, those moving into or already in private practice
Where I Can Help
My main therapeutic approach is CBT. I have particular experience supervising work in:
- Anxiety disorders — generalised anxiety, health anxiety, panic, phobias, social anxiety
- OCD, including exposure and response prevention
- PTSD and trauma
- Perfectionism, imposter feelings and fear of criticism or making mistakes
- People-pleasing and difficulty holding boundaries
- Workplace stress, burnout, and supporting clients to remain in or return to work
I particularly enjoy supervision on the more subtle patterns that sit underneath anxiety and work-related stress — overthinking, taking on too much responsibility, or clients (and sometimes therapists) who look highly capable on the outside while feeling overwhelmed underneath.
I can support you with formulation, treatment planning, stuck points, risk, endings, relapse prevention, and adapting CBT to the person in front of you.
My Supervision Style
My style is warm, collaborative and practical — but it isn't just a reassuring chat.
I want you to be able to talk about the sessions that didn't go to plan without feeling judged, or expected to have all the answers. At the same time, I'll help you slow down, understand what might be maintaining a client's difficulties, and land on a clear way forward.
Where it's useful, we might examine a formulation together, consider alternative explanations, practise a difficult conversation or intervention, or simply agree the next practical step.
I'm gently challenging when that's helpful. The aim is to stay curious about the work and think it through together, rather than supervision feeling like another test to pass.
Good supervision, I think, should help you to:
- Feel safer and more confident in your clinical decisions
- Strengthen your CBT formulation and intervention skills
- Recognise when therapy has stalled, and understand why
- Reflect honestly on your own responses within the therapeutic relationship
- Manage risk, boundaries and ethical dilemmas with clarity
- Develop your own authentic style as a therapist
- Protect your wellbeing and build a sustainable way of working
Next Steps
If you're tired of second-guessing yourself and want supervision that builds real confidence — not just competence — I'd love to hear from you.
Book a free discovery call on the link below
Or drop me an email at: amandahodgson@clearmindscbt.co.uk
About Me
I'm Amanda Hodgson — a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist, and EMDR-trained therapist.
I have almost 20 years' experience across the NHS, corporate healthcare, private medical insurance and independent practice — including as a national service lead and clinical operations manager. That means I bring not just therapy experience to supervision, but real experience of managing clinical risk, supporting other professionals, developing services, and navigating the practical pressures of working in healthcare.
I now run my own established private practice, working predominantly with adults and busy professionals, alongside providing supervision and mentoring to therapists building their confidence, skills and professional identity.
Who I Work With
I provide supervision for therapists at different stages of their professional development.
This may be a good fit if you:
- Are newly qualified and want to build your confidence
- Are an experienced therapist looking for a reflective supervision space
- Want to develop your CBT formulation or intervention skills
- Work with anxiety, OCD, trauma, perfectionism or workplace difficulties
- Find yourself overthinking your clinical decisions
- Want help making sense of a complex or stuck case
- Are moving into private practice or already working independently
- Want supervision that supports both safe clinical practice and your development as a therapist
You do not need to arrive at supervision with a perfectly organised case presentation. We can slow things down, identify what matters and think through the next steps together.
What We Can Cover in Supervision
Supervision can include:
- Case discussion and CBT formulation
- Treatment planning and intervention choices
- Risk and clinical decision-making
- Complex presentations and therapeutic stuck points
- Therapist confidence and self-doubt
- Managing professional boundaries
- The emotional impact of clinical work
- Workload and caseload pressures
- Endings and relapse prevention
- Professional development and career decisions
The agenda will be agreed collaboratively and shaped around your caseload, experience and learning needs.
Supervision for private practice
Having built and run my own private practice, I know that working independently brings questions that go well beyond the therapy room.
You might be entirely confident clinically but less sure about contracts, boundaries, processes, or the day-to-day decisions involved in running a safe, sustainable practice. Where relevant, our work together can include:
- Preparing to move into private practice
- Clinical governance and record-keeping
- Contracting and professional boundaries
- Managing enquiries and client communication
- Working with insurers and other referrers
- Caseload and capacity management
- Creating systems that support safe, ethical practice
- Building a way of working that's sustainable for you
Clinical supervision and private practice mentoring serve different purposes, and we'll be clear about which one we're doing at any given time — with clear professional boundaries maintained between the two.
Some therapists want clinical supervision only. Others want practical mentoring for setting up or growing a private practice. Many want a blend of both. We'll agree the focus together, and review it regularly to make sure it still fits what you need.
Please get in touch to discuss your supervision needs or arrange an informal conversation.