Supervision
Supervision at Sanctuary Counselling and Supervision is a reflective, structured space for ministry leaders, chaplains, counsellors, and other helping professionals — those whose work carries both responsibility and relational weight.
It's designed to support ethical, sustainable, and hope-filled practice through honest conversation, thoughtful reflection, and greater clarity over time.
What Supervision Is…
Professional supervision is a dedicated space to reflect on your work — your relationships, boundaries, decisions, wellbeing, and practice — alongside someone outside your line of authority. It isn't line management. It isn't performance review. It's a form of reflective support that helps you remain grounded, discerning, and sustainable in the midst of complex work.
What Supervision Can Support You To Do
✔ Reflect on challenging pastoral or professional situations
✔ Strengthen boundaries and role clarity
✔ Notice patterns in yourself and your work
✔ Process emotional load and ministry strain
✔ Remain ethically attentive and professionally grounded
✔ Develop resilience and sustainable rhythms
✔ Reconnect with hope, purpose, and vocation
My Approach
Sessions and Availability
Supervision is available in person in the Adelaide Hills and online throughout Australia. Session length, frequency, fees, and scheduling are discussed in our first conversation.
A Note on Scope
Supervision is professional reflection rather than personal counselling. If what you're working through is more personal than professional, the counselling page may be a better starting point.
If at any point I believe another supervisor would be a better fit for the work you're bringing, I'll say so and help you find one. That's part of how this work goes.
Who Supervision Is For
Supervision at Sanctuary is well-suited to people who are:
✔ Wanting reflective space outside their line of authority
✔ Carrying significant ethical or relational weight in their work
✔ Looking for a supervisor who understands ministry or helping work from the inside
✔ Ready to think honestly about practice, vocation, and themselves
I supervise from inside the work, not outside it. Two decades of pastoral ministry — preaching, leading teams, sitting with people through grief, transition, and renewal — shape how I show up to supervision now, alongside graduate training in professional supervision. For ministry leaders especially, this often means we can move past explaining the territory and into the actual work more quickly.
My approach is reflective, relational, and professionally grounded. I offer a calm, structured space to bring the real complexities of practice: ethical questions, boundary challenges, emotional load, leadership pressure, vocational discernment, and the deeper patterns that may be shaping your responses.
At the heart of how I work is a simple conviction: supervision should help you practise well, grow well, and remain well.
Let's begin with a conversation
A first conversation is a gentle starting point — a chance to explore what you're looking for, and whether this practice is the right fit for you.
You can read more about my background and qualifications on the About page.