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src=\"https:\/\/authentictandt.uk\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sunrise_02-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A hand reaching towards a sunrise \u2014 growth and orientation\">\n  <div class=\"ms-hero-inner\">\n    <div class=\"kicker\">Mentoring \u00b7 Professional Development \u00b7 Accreditation Support<\/div>\n    <h1>Finding your own light, your own voice, your own direction<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"lede\">Mentoring for counsellors, psychotherapists, trainee teachers, and other caring professionals \u2014 thinking through your identity, your practice, and the shape of the professional life you are building.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ms-intro\">\n  <p><strong>Mentoring is not supervision.<\/strong> Where supervision focuses on the work you do with clients, mentoring focuses on <em>you<\/em> \u2014 on your development as a professional, your sense of who you are becoming, and the shape of the practice you are trying to build.<\/p>\n  <p>It is where the bigger questions of professional life get considered attention. Not the questions about <em>this client, this hour<\/em>, but the ones about <em>this career, this direction, this next step<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>My aspiration is to equip, empower and enable you to become the competent and capable professional that you want to be \u2014 and to help you develop your sense of self and agency as a practitioner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n<!-- OFFERING 1: PROFESSIONAL MENTORING                           -->\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n\n<div class=\"ms-offering\">\n  <span class=\"tag\">Professional Mentoring<\/span>\n  <h2>Professional Mentoring<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"subtitle\">A considered pair of eyes on the whole of your professional life.<\/p>\n\n  <figure class=\"ms-figure-right\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/authentictandt.uk\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/journey_01-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A hiker looking out over a still lake \u2014 the reflective posture of professional mentoring\">\n    <figcaption>Every professional path has its considered pauses.<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <p>I have mentored people through their training as both therapists and teachers, and through the transitions that professional life keeps asking of us. Using my understanding of the organisational aspects of working for employers, as well as the responsibilities of self-employment, I can support you in finding your own style of practice within ethical and professional boundaries.<\/p>\n\n  <p>Mentoring is often the right route when you are:<\/p>\n  <ul>\n    <li><strong>In training<\/strong> \u2014 and needing someone to help you make sense of it all<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Newly qualified<\/strong> \u2014 and finding your feet in the profession<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Moving between employed and self-employed practice<\/strong> \u2014 in either direction<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Making a significant shift<\/strong> \u2014 a new specialism, a new setting, a new role<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Building or growing a private practice<\/strong> \u2014 and wanting someone to think it through with<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Simply feeling<\/strong> that your professional life needs a considered pair of eyes on it<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <div class=\"ms-clear\"><\/div>\n\n  <p>Sessions can be one-off or ongoing, in-person or online, at a rhythm that suits your situation. <strong>Fees vary according to context<\/strong> \u2014 every arrangement starts with a conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n<!-- OFFERING 2: BACP ACCREDITATION SUPPORT                       -->\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n\n<div class=\"ms-offering\">\n  <span class=\"tag secondary\">BACP Accreditation Support<\/span>\n  <h2>BACP Accreditation Support<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"subtitle\">Companionship through a demanding \u2014 and growthful \u2014 application.<\/p>\n\n  <figure class=\"ms-figure-left\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/authentictandt.uk\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/thumbs_up_01-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A thumbs up \u2014 the sense of achievement that accreditation brings\">\n    <figcaption>Accreditation is a milestone worth walking towards well.<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <p>The BACP accreditation application is not a light undertaking. It asks you to articulate your practice, your ethical grounding, your integration of theory and experience, and your development as a practitioner \u2014 often for the first time in that much depth. Many practitioners find it a genuinely growthful process; almost all find it a demanding one.<\/p>\n\n  <p>I offer companionship through the process. I have supported many practitioners through accreditation applications and know what the panel is looking for, where applications tend to lose their way, and how to help you tell your professional story with clarity and honesty.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"ms-clear\"><\/div>\n\n  <p>Support can range from:<\/p>\n  <ul>\n    <li><strong>A single reflective session<\/strong> to help you decide whether you are ready to apply<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Structured drafting sessions<\/strong> as you work through the core sections of the application<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Review and feedback<\/strong> on drafts before you submit<\/li>\n    <li><strong>Ongoing companionship<\/strong> across the whole journey, from decision to submission<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <p>Every arrangement starts with a conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n<!-- WHAT TO EXPECT                                               -->\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n\n<h2>What you can expect, whatever route you take<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"ms-values\">\n  <div class=\"ms-value\">\n    <div class=\"word\">Confidentiality<\/div>\n    <div class=\"desc\">What is brought into mentoring stays there, within the standard professional exceptions.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ms-value\">\n    <div class=\"word\">Warmth<\/div>\n    <div class=\"desc\">A held space where you can bring your uncertainty as well as your competence.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ms-value\">\n    <div class=\"word\">Rigour<\/div>\n    <div class=\"desc\">Honest reflection, not agreement for the sake of it. Ethical and professional challenge where it serves you.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ms-value\">\n    <div class=\"word\">Continuity<\/div>\n    <div class=\"desc\">A rhythm that builds the reflective muscle keeping your practice alive over years, not months.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n<!-- CROSS-LINK TO SUPERVISION                                    -->\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n\n<div class=\"ms-cross\">\n  <div class=\"txt\">\n    <h3>Looking for clinical supervision instead?<\/h3>\n    <p>Clinical supervision \u2014 where you bring the work of the consulting room for regular reflection \u2014 is a distinct offering. If that is what you need, follow the link.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/authentictandt.uk\/main\/supervision\/\">Clinical Supervision \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n<!-- CTA                                                          -->\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n\n<div class=\"ms-cta\">\n  <h2>Ready for a conversation?<\/h2>\n  <p>Every mentoring relationship begins with a conversation. 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