Supervision
Strengthen your CBT practice through structured specialist group supervision
This specialist group supervision programme offers structured, small-group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) supervision designed to support clinicians working with complex presentations.
Delivered monthly across four sessions, the programme focuses on reflective practice, formulation development, and clinical decision-making in a supportive peer environment.
Groups are organised around specific clinical areas (for example OCD, depression, anxiety, and perinatal mental health).
This allows participants to engage in supervision that reflects the type of clinical work they are currently undertaking. Where required, further details on group focus will be provided before allocation to ensure appropriate fit.
Our Supervision is delivered by experienced CBT clinicians.
Consultant Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
Area of Specialism
Depression
Bio
Dr Anne Garland, Consultant Psychotherapist is the lead for depression at OCTC. Anne is a mental health nurse by profession, trained in both behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy. Anne has extensive experience of working clinically using CBT and has specialised in treating persistent, treatment resistant depression for the last thirty-two years. Anne has a particular interest in working with adult depression in the context of:
· childhood trauma and the impact of emotional and psychological abuse and subjugation.
· Men’s experience of depression in the context of social constructs of masculinity
· Hopelessness and suicide
· Shame self-criticism and self-compassion in depression
Anne has a national and international reputation as a CBT trainer and has published widely in the field of CBT for depression. Anne has been involved both as a collaborator and grant holder in funded RCT’s, the most recent of which tested the clinical and cost effectiveness of CBT in the treatment of depression delivered via the Nottingham Specialist Depression Service, established in 2009. This is a unique service within England offering NICE recommended pharmacological and psychological treatments for persistent, treatment resistant depression within a collaborative care model. Anne is also trained in MBCT and Compassion Focused Therapy.
Senior Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
Area of Specialism
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Trauma
Bio
Amandeep Soomal is a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist specialising in Perinatal Mental Health. Amandeep has worked in primary care talking therapies services and specialist community mental health teams. She offers CBT assessment, formulation and treatment interventions as well as Couples Therapy and Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) to support parents and families experiencing challenges in their mental health and attachment in the vulnerable perinatal period.
Amandeep is a Programme Lead on the BABCP Top Up Programme for qualified Clinical Psychologists supporting clinicians progress towards BABCP Accreditation by coordinating CBT teaching, supervision and marking nationally. Amandeep is also the EDI Lead and Academic Tutor at Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre. She works across the centre supporting the team and students in embedding intersectionality within teaching, supervision and clinical practice, considering power and privilege within therapeutic practice. This was particularly relevant in a 2 year project in Kurdistan, Iraq. She has presented her work at BABCP Conferences, at the “Women who Decolonise” event for International Women’s Day at Houses of Parliament and BBC World Service.
Counselling Psychologist
Area of Specialism
Anxiety Disorder
Bio
Tom trained as a Counselling Psychologist at Roehampton University and completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapies at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London. He joined Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Intervention Centre (OHSPIC) and the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre (OCTC) in 2023 after 10 years at South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, working at Southwark Talking Therapies and the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, where he supervised Kings College London Clinical Psychology and PGDip trainees. Tom provides training and supervision to trainees on OCTC’s range of courses, including the PGDip in CBT, and trainees completing Oxford University’s Clinical Psychology Doctorate, as well supervising external professionals and delivering workshops to community teams and third sector organisations. Tom specialises in cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders and is among a small number of clinical experts in CBT for misophonia.
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Area of Specialism
OCD
Bio
Victoria Bream is the Clinical Lead of the Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Intervention Centre (OHSPIC), an NHS national clinic offering specialist CBT. Victoria trained as a Clinical Psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, and completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Therapy at the OCTC. She joined OCTC in 2019 after 15 years working in the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma at the Maudsley Hospital, specialising in using CBT with people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related problems, and hoarding disorder. She is a co-author of the self-help book ‘Break Free from OCD’ the clinician guide ‘CBT for OCD’ and most recently the self-help book ‘Break Free from Maternal Anxiety’. Victoria has provided CBT supervision to individuals and groups in NHS setting in primary, secondary and specialist services, and those in private practice. She has extensive experience in teaching and supervising in OCD and related disorders.
Our Expert
Dr Helen Kennerley
Dr Helen Kennerley is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a founder member of the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre. She previously served as Director of the postgraduate courses in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies and the MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She is currently the lead for the OCTC / University of Oxford Certificate in Supervision and Training.
- £150 per session per person
- Total Programme fee £600 per person
Optional
- “Ask the expert” session £45
- Four two-hour supervision sessions
- Delivered monthly over four months
- Groups of three clinicians to ensure depth of discussion and individual contribution
- qualified CBT practitioners and clinicians
- mental health professionals seeking structured reflective supervision
- clinicians working with complex or high-intensity presentations, including those aligned to specific clinical areas (for example OCD, anxiety, depression, or perinatal mental health)
- deepen clinical formulation skills in complex cases
- strengthen reflective practice in CBT
- develop confidence in clinical decision-making
- benefit from peer learning in a structured group setting
- revisit themes over time to consolidate learning
- structured small-group supervision
- case-based reflective discussion
- facilitated peer learning
- opportunities to revisit and build on themes across sessions
- a formal CBT training course
- individual supervision
- direct clinical advice or case management guidance
- fees apply to the defined four-session structure only
- continuation beyond the initial programme will be reviewed following completion
- places are limited to maintain small group quality
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this programme suitable for newly qualified practitioners?
This programme is designed for any clinician with a working knowledge of CBT who wishes to strengthen their applied practice.
Will I receive individual clinical advice?
No. The programme focuses on reflective specialist group supervision rather than individual case consultation or clinical direction.
Can I continue supervision after the programme ends?
Continuation options will be reviewed following completion of the initial four-month programme.