Audience

Who I supervise

I supervise qualified therapists and accreditation-bound trainees from a range of modalities. CBT therapists working towards or holding BABCP accreditation, ACT therapists from any base profession, counsellors and psychologists integrating ACT into their work, and clinicians with complex caseloads at the intersection of physical and mental health.

ACT in particular often suits therapists from a variety of backgrounds, and many practitioners find it lands more clearly when it isn’t held strictly inside a CBT frame. Whether you’re rooted in CBT, coming to ACT from a different tradition, or already practising it and looking for support, we can find a way to work together.

The supervisees I see most often are working in private practice, NHS Talking Therapies, secondary care psychology services, or specialist services for long-term conditions. Many bring caseloads weighted towards chronic pain, persistent illness, medical trauma, and health anxiety, often with the kind of complexity that doesn’t sit neatly inside any one protocol.

I also supervise trainee CBT therapists in a university teaching capacity at Canterbury Christ Church University, alongside the private practice. The university work informs the private supervision and vice versa.

Approach

How I supervise

Supervision with me is collaborative rather than directive. I’ll ask the questions that help you formulate clearly, hold the standards your accreditation body expects, and stay close to evidence-based practice without being dogmatic about it. Where the work is sitting at the edge of CBT and into ACT territory, I can supervise across the modality lines.

I take supervision seriously as a clinical and ethical responsibility. That means honest feedback when something isn’t quite working, including about my own practice when supervisees are stretching me. The aim is for you to come away from each session with a clearer head, a stronger formulation, and a sense of where to take the work next.

I supervise in a way that protects both your clients and your own practice as a clinician. Where risk, complexity, or scope-of-practice questions arise, I’ll be direct with you about what I see.

In supervision

What we work on

Supervision is shaped by what you bring. Common ground includes:

• Case formulation and treatment planning, particularly for clients at the chronic illness, pain, or trauma intersection
• Working with clients whose mental health is entangled with a long-term physical condition, including the specific dynamics that often arise in this work
• ACT-based practice and the shift from cognitive challenge to acceptance and defusion
• Modality choice and integration, particularly between CBT and ACT
• Accreditation portfolio support for therapists working towards BABCP accreditation or re-accreditation
• Reflective and process-focused supervision for the harder clinical and emotional aspects of the work
• Ethical, scope-of-practice, and risk discussions as they come up

If you have a specific need that sits outside my scope, such as EMDR-focused supervision or PWP supervision, I’ll let you know honestly and try to point you towards someone who’s a better fit.

Practical

Practicalities

About

About me

I’m Chris Hutchins-Joss, a BABCP-accredited psychological therapist working in mental health since 2010. Much of that time has been in NHS settings, including developing pathways for clients whose mental health was tangled with chronic physical illness.

Alongside the NHS work, I spent over seven years contributing to a UK tech company’s digital mental health work, first as a clinical affiliate and later as Clinical Lead for Digital Products. The work spanned product design, AI-enhanced interventions, and contributions to peer-reviewed published research.

I supervise trainee CBT therapists at Canterbury Christ Church University, and run a private practice for adults living with chronic pain, long-term conditions, trauma, and health anxiety.

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