For therapists — supervision, talks, and room rental

Therapy supervision

I offer supervision to counsellors, psychotherapists, and members of related professions — both qualified practitioners and those in training.

My approach to supervision is shaped by a psychoanalytic and Lacanian orientation. I am less interested in transmitting knowledge or monitoring competence than in creating a space where you can give an account of your work — what you are doing, and why — and where that account can be genuinely questioned.

I take seriously what Leader identifies in his 2010 paper: that supervision is not a pedagogic procedure to be administered from one party to another, but a dynamic relation in which the effects of speech and the unconscious are as present as they are in clinical work itself. (Darian Leader, ‘Some Thoughts on Supervision’ (2010), British Journal of Psychotherapy, 26, pp.228-241.)

If you are looking for supervision with a practitioner experienced in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and Lacanian approaches, I am happy to have an initial conversation about whether we might work well together.

Therapy talks

I am also available to deliver talks, facilitate reading groups, and lead seminars and workshops for therapists, professional groups, and others with an interest in psychotherapy, art, and related fields. Recent and current titles include:

• On the Function of Phobia in Therapy
• There’s Nothing to Cure: Therapy as Rhetoric
• Freud’s Displacement, Lacan’s Metonymy, and Hockney’s paintings
• Repression with a Twist
• Transactional Analysis and Eric Berne’s Therapist-as-Martian
• Beyond Doubt: Hitchcock’s Suspicion

If you are interested in arranging a talk, seminar, or reading group, please contact me using the details below.

Therapy room rental

A therapy room in central Manchester (M2, by St Ann’s Square) is available to rent for one or two days per week on a monthly rolling basis, with one month’s notice to end.

This 27.3 sq m / 294 sq ft suite was created by opening two smaller rooms into one generous, flexible space. Both original north-facing windows have been retained, creating a wonderfully broad window frontage overlooking the domes of The Royal Exchange without the downsides of direct sun.

It would suit counsellors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, psychologists, and others whose work requires a quiet and well-situated space.

Included is use of The Hub, a space shared by tenants of The Exchange. This includes a lounge, kitchen facilities, and use of a bookable meeting room with WiFi and an AV screen.

Room rental includes The Hub

Room availability

• Available one or two days per week (Monday, Friday) on a monthly rolling basis, with one month’s notice to end
• Need more flexibility? Ad hoc bookings are available to supplement your existing monthly booking
• Rental from £180 pcm

Room booking

If the room may be of interest, contact Paul Melia today

Email paul.melia@therapyinmanchester.co.uk

SMS message or call 07592 340 211