Bo Bloomfield

I am a senior accredited Practitioner with twenty-six years unbroken practice working with children, adolescents and adults in education from primary school through to university. I also worked for ten years in the NHS in a staff counselling service and for twenty-three years in private practice. 

I am relationally trained and my fundamental belief is that therapeutic change comes about through the systematic use of the therapeutic relationship. My key task is to create an empowering alliance with the client by communicating the attitudes and skills of the person-centred approach. Following my original training, I trained as an EMDR Therapist having completed the EMDR Europe Standard Accredited Training with the EMDR Academy. I am particularly interested in and have a great deal of experience in working therapeutically with trauma. When working with clients, my intention is to provide an interpersonally focused relationship which both contains and holds the client work as the client’s goals are actively worked towards. By creating a climate of warmth, trust, genuineness and respect, my attention and energy are firmly focused on the collaborative nature of therapeutic relationship since its quality determines overall effectiveness of the work.

EMDR is an approach that can be helpful in working with a wide range of mental health issues and with post-traumatic stress in particular. EMDR can help people to recover from distressing life events and the problems they have caused, for example, flashbacks, upsetting thoughts or images, depression or anxiety. EMDR is recognised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the World Health Organisation (WHO), which also recognises it as an effective treatment for adults and children. 

When using EMDR, there is a preparation stage where I will work the client to prepare for our work together. I use the early sessions of our work together to identify the client’s expectations, to agree a collaborative approach to the work, and to highlight the confidentiality boundaries. This provides an opportunity to agree a contract that stresses the client's autonomy and a shared understanding of the desired outcome goals. My respect for the autonomy of the client is paramount, and the narrative that a client brings – their own personal story – is held at the centre of the work. Through the process of active listening, I invite the client to tell their story, whatever that story might be. 

 In the EMDR processing stage, bilateral stimulation is used to help process disturbing memories, thoughts and feelings. Bilateral stimulation refers to sensory stimuli, such as sounds, tapping, and eye movement, that activate both sides of the brain. This can soothe and calm the client’s nervous system, enhancing the client’s access to positive images, thoughts, emotions and body sensations. During a therapy session, I will instruct the client to use their eyes to follow my fingers, and a client may be instructed to pat their own shoulders or knees with their hands, alternating between their left and right sides while following my pace. Bilateral stimulation can provide a new tool for people to process and recover from traumatic events. Here, the client practices how to regulate their own body and, in this way, can be enabled to gain distance from and change their perspective of the original trauma. Bilateral stimulation in EMDR therapy can help clients alleviate distressing emotional and physiological symptoms. 

The number and length of sessions needed will depend on the type and severity of trauma which has been experienced. 

I generally offer appointments on a Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

I am relationally trained, and my fundamental belief is that therapeutic change comes about through the systematic use of the therapeutic relationship. My key task is to create an empowering alliance by communicating the attitudes and skills of the person-centred approach which both contains and holds the therapeutic work as we focus together on the client’s goals. My supervision practice is also relational. I work from the premise that supervision is driven by a twofold purpose: to ensure the welfare and the safety of the client and to help support and to develop the work of the therapist. By creating a climate of warmth, trust, genuineness and respect, my attention and energy are firmly focused on the supervisory relationship since its quality determines the overall effectiveness of the work. A culture of openness to learning and personal re-evaluation goes with the supervisee as they make the journey from trainee to experienced practitioner. Supervision has been central to the development of my own individual style and way of working. My intention is to provide an interpersonally focused relationship that facilitates the development of therapeutic competence whilst containing and holding the client work in a therapeutic triad. This enables the supervisee to fully attend to client need. By encouraging supervisees to be self-aware, to be aware of their own internal processes, to monitor their emotional responses and experiences within the work - I am attempting to increase the awareness of who the supervisee may be to their client. I encourage the supervisee to notice what they experience in the relationship with the client and to consider if this experience relates to their own unresolved conflicts or if it is their response to the client playing out old patterns of relating. I am aware that the quality of the supervisory relationship determines whether supervision is effective and whether the supervision promotes the growth and development of the practitioner. 

I am a Â鶹ԭ´´ senior accredited therapist and clinical supervisor with nearly 30 years unbroken practice working with children, adolescents and adults in education from primary school through to university. I have also worked for 10 years in the NHS and for 25 years in private practice. Following my initial therapy training, I undertook further training in EMDR and I am an EMDR Accredited Practitioner with the EMDR UK Association and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. I am particularly interested in and have a great deal of experience in working therapeutically with trauma and PTSD. I work with anxiety, depression, complicated grief, relationship issues, workplace injuries, health and pregnancy-related trauma as well as with distressing life experiences including childhood abuse histories, rape and sexual assault and domestic violence. Since 2011, I have provided clinical supervision to individuals and groups in both organisational settings and in private practice. Here I have supported work in a range of specialist clinical settings including working with childhood bereavement, as well as with young people at risk of sexual exploitation. I have provided clinical supervision in educational and health settings as well as in the workplace. This has included supporting staff engaged in a broad spectrum of work including social services staff working in adult and child protection, as well as mental health practitioners working with children and young people and sexual violence advocates. I have extensive experience of working both with trainee therapists studying at a number of Universities across the UK, as well as with qualified practitioners working both online and in-person. In 2025 I regained Â鶹ԭ´´ Senior Accredited Practitioner Status (SCoPED Band C) having achieved Senior Accreditation in 2015 and become a Â鶹ԭ´´ Registered Accredited Practitioner in 2004. Over the course of my work, I have supported a large number of therapists to gain Â鶹ԭ´´ accreditation.

A telephone or video appointment may be helpful to you at this time to decide if we can usefully work together. It may be that you have some further questions that you would like to ask before proceeding further, in which case we could arrange an initial free 15-minute telephone or video call. This appointment will enable us to discuss and explore your requirements for supervision at this time, and to look at the focus of your current clinical work as well as your future career goals and aspirations. This meeting will also allow us the opportunity to get to know one another and see if we can form a working alliance together in support of your work. I will, of course, give you more detailed information about my approach to clinical supervision and my psychotherapeutic experience and training background. We can also discuss the supervisory contract that we will work towards if we agree to go ahead and work together.

I generally offer appointments on a Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

I am relationally trained, and my fundamental belief is that therapeutic change comes about through the systematic use of the therapeutic relationship. My key task is to create an empowering alliance by communicating the attitudes and skills of the person-centred approach which both contains and holds the therapeutic work as we focus together on the client’s goals. My supervision practice is also relational. I work from the premise that supervision is driven by a twofold purpose: to ensure the welfare and the safety of the client and to help support and to develop the work of the therapist. By creating a climate of warmth, trust, genuineness and respect, my attention and energy are firmly focused on the supervisory relationship since its quality determines the overall effectiveness of the work. A culture of openness to learning and personal re-evaluation goes with the supervisee as they make the journey from trainee to experienced practitioner. Supervision has been central to the development of my own individual style and way of working. My intention is to provide an interpersonally focused relationship that facilitates the development of therapeutic competence whilst containing and holding the client work in a therapeutic triad. This enables the supervisee to fully attend to client need. By encouraging supervisees to be self-aware, to be aware of their own internal processes, to monitor their emotional responses and experiences within the work - I am attempting to increase the awareness of who the supervisee may be to their client. I encourage the supervisee to notice what they experience in the relationship with the client and to consider if this experience relates to their own unresolved conflicts or if it is their response to the client playing out old patterns of relating. I am aware that the quality of the supervisory relationship determines whether supervision is effective and whether the supervision promotes the growth and development of the practitioner. 

I am a Â鶹ԭ´´ senior accredited therapist and clinical supervisor with nearly 30 years unbroken practice working with children, adolescents and adults in education from primary school through to university. I have also worked for 10 years in the NHS and for 25 years in private practice. Following my initial therapy training, I undertook further training in EMDR and I am an EMDR Accredited Practitioner with the EMDR UK Association and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. I am particularly interested in and have a great deal of experience in working therapeutically with trauma and PTSD. I work with anxiety, depression, complicated grief, relationship issues, workplace injuries, health and pregnancy-related trauma as well as with distressing life experiences including childhood abuse histories, rape and sexual assault and domestic violence. Since 2011, I have provided clinical supervision to individuals and groups in both organisational settings and in private practice. Here I have supported work in a range of specialist clinical settings including working with childhood bereavement, as well as with young people at risk of sexual exploitation. I have provided clinical supervision in educational and health settings as well as in the workplace. This has included supporting staff engaged in a broad spectrum of work including social services staff working in adult and child protection, as well as mental health practitioners working with children and young people and sexual violence advocates. I have extensive experience of working both with trainee therapists studying at a number of Universities across the UK, as well as with qualified practitioners working both online and in-person. In 2025 I regained Â鶹ԭ´´ Senior Accredited Practitioner Status (SCoPED Band C) having achieved Senior Accreditation in 2015 and become a Â鶹ԭ´´ Registered Accredited Practitioner in 2004. Over the course of my work, I have supported a large number of therapists to gain Â鶹ԭ´´ accreditation.

A telephone or video appointment may be helpful to you at this time to decide if we can usefully work together. It may be that you have some further questions that you would like to ask before proceeding further, in which case we could arrange an initial free 15-minute telephone or video call. This appointment will enable us to discuss and explore your requirements for supervision at this time, and to look at the focus of your current clinical work as well as your future career goals and aspirations. This meeting will also allow us the opportunity to get to know one another and see if we can form a working alliance together in support of your work. I will, of course, give you more detailed information about my approach to clinical supervision and my psychotherapeutic experience and training background. We can also discuss the supervisory contract that we will work towards if we agree to go ahead and work together.

I generally offer appointments on a Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

I am relationally trained, and my fundamental belief is that therapeutic change comes about through the systematic use of the therapeutic relationship. My key task is to create an empowering alliance by communicating the attitudes and skills of the person-centred approach which both contains and holds the therapeutic work as we focus together on the client’s goals. My supervision practice is also relational. I work from the premise that supervision is driven by a twofold purpose: to ensure the welfare and the safety of the client and to help support and to develop the work of the therapist. By creating a climate of warmth, trust, genuineness and respect, my attention and energy are firmly focused on the supervisory relationship since its quality determines the overall effectiveness of the work. A culture of openness to learning and personal re-evaluation goes with the supervisee as they make the journey from trainee to experienced practitioner. Supervision has been central to the development of my own individual style and way of working. My intention is to provide an interpersonally focused relationship that facilitates the development of therapeutic competence whilst containing and holding the client work in a therapeutic triad. This enables the supervisee to fully attend to client need. By encouraging supervisees to be self-aware, to be aware of their own internal processes, to monitor their emotional responses and experiences within the work - I am attempting to increase the awareness of who the supervisee may be to their client. I encourage the supervisee to notice what they experience in the relationship with the client and to consider if this experience relates to their own unresolved conflicts or if it is their response to the client playing out old patterns of relating. I am aware that the quality of the supervisory relationship determines whether supervision is effective and whether the supervision promotes the growth and development of the practitioner. 

I am a Â鶹ԭ´´ senior accredited therapist and clinical supervisor with nearly 30 years unbroken practice working with children, adolescents and adults in education from primary school through to university. I have also worked for 10 years in the NHS and for 25 years in private practice. Following my initial therapy training, I undertook further training in EMDR and I am an EMDR Accredited Practitioner with the EMDR UK Association and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. I am particularly interested in and have a great deal of experience in working therapeutically with trauma and PTSD. I work with anxiety, depression, complicated grief, relationship issues, workplace injuries, health and pregnancy-related trauma as well as with distressing life experiences including childhood abuse histories, rape and sexual assault and domestic violence. Since 2011, I have provided clinical supervision to individuals and groups in both organisational settings and in private practice. Here I have supported work in a range of specialist clinical settings including working with childhood bereavement, as well as with young people at risk of sexual exploitation. I have provided clinical supervision in educational and health settings as well as in the workplace. This has included supporting staff engaged in a broad spectrum of work including social services staff working in adult and child protection, as well as mental health practitioners working with children and young people and sexual violence advocates. I have extensive experience of working both with trainee therapists studying at a number of Universities across the UK, as well as with qualified practitioners working both online and in-person. In 2025 I regained Â鶹ԭ´´ Senior Accredited Practitioner Status (SCoPED Band C) having achieved Senior Accreditation in 2015 and become a Â鶹ԭ´´ Registered Accredited Practitioner in 2004. Over the course of my work, I have supported a large number of therapists to gain Â鶹ԭ´´ accreditation.

A telephone or video appointment may be helpful to you at this time to decide if we can usefully work together. It may be that you have some further questions that you would like to ask before proceeding further, in which case we could arrange an initial free 15-minute telephone or video call. This appointment will enable us to discuss and explore your requirements for supervision at this time, and to look at the focus of your current clinical work as well as your future career goals and aspirations. This meeting will also allow us the opportunity to get to know one another and see if we can form a working alliance together in support of your work. I will, of course, give you more detailed information about my approach to clinical supervision and my psychotherapeutic experience and training background. We can also discuss the supervisory contract that we will work towards if we agree to go ahead and work together.

I generally offer appointments on a Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

I am relationally trained, and my fundamental belief is that therapeutic change comes about through the systematic use of the therapeutic relationship. My key task is to create an empowering alliance by communicating the attitudes and skills of the person-centred approach which both contains and holds the therapeutic work as we focus together on the client’s goals. My supervision practice is also relational. I work from the premise that supervision is driven by a twofold purpose: to ensure the welfare and the safety of the client and to help support and to develop the work of the therapist. By creating a climate of warmth, trust, genuineness and respect, my attention and energy are firmly focused on the supervisory relationship since its quality determines the overall effectiveness of the work. A culture of openness to learning and personal re-evaluation goes with the supervisee as they make the journey from trainee to experienced practitioner. Supervision has been central to the development of my own individual style and way of working. My intention is to provide an interpersonally focused relationship that facilitates the development of therapeutic competence whilst containing and holding the client work in a therapeutic triad. This enables the supervisee to fully attend to client need. By encouraging supervisees to be self-aware, to be aware of their own internal processes, to monitor their emotional responses and experiences within the work - I am attempting to increase the awareness of who the supervisee may be to their client. I encourage the supervisee to notice what they experience in the relationship with the client and to consider if this experience relates to their own unresolved conflicts or if it is their response to the client playing out old patterns of relating. I am aware that the quality of the supervisory relationship determines whether supervision is effective and whether the supervision promotes the growth and development of the practitioner. 

I am a Â鶹ԭ´´ senior accredited therapist and clinical supervisor with nearly 30 years unbroken practice working with children, adolescents and adults in education from primary school through to university. I have also worked for 10 years in the NHS and for 25 years in private practice. Following my initial therapy training, I undertook further training in EMDR and I am an EMDR Accredited Practitioner with the EMDR UK Association and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. I am particularly interested in and have a great deal of experience in working therapeutically with trauma and PTSD. I work with anxiety, depression, complicated grief, relationship issues, workplace injuries, health and pregnancy-related trauma as well as with distressing life experiences including childhood abuse histories, rape and sexual assault and domestic violence. Since 2011, I have provided clinical supervision to individuals and groups in both organisational settings and in private practice. Here I have supported work in a range of specialist clinical settings including working with childhood bereavement, as well as with young people at risk of sexual exploitation. I have provided clinical supervision in educational and health settings as well as in the workplace. This has included supporting staff engaged in a broad spectrum of work including social services staff working in adult and child protection, as well as mental health practitioners working with children and young people and sexual violence advocates. I have extensive experience of working both with trainee therapists studying at a number of Universities across the UK, as well as with qualified practitioners working both online and in-person. In 2025 I regained Â鶹ԭ´´ Senior Accredited Practitioner Status (SCoPED Band C) having achieved Senior Accreditation in 2015 and become a Â鶹ԭ´´ Registered Accredited Practitioner in 2004. Over the course of my work, I have supported a large number of therapists to gain Â鶹ԭ´´ accreditation.

A telephone or video appointment may be helpful to you at this time to decide if we can usefully work together. It may be that you have some further questions that you would like to ask before proceeding further, in which case we could arrange an initial free 15-minute telephone or video call. This appointment will enable us to discuss and explore your requirements for supervision at this time, and to look at the focus of your current clinical work as well as your future career goals and aspirations. This meeting will also allow us the opportunity to get to know one another and see if we can form a working alliance together in support of your work. I will, of course, give you more detailed information about my approach to clinical supervision and my psychotherapeutic experience and training background. We can also discuss the supervisory contract that we will work towards if we agree to go ahead and work together.

I generally offer appointments on a Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 5pm.

I am relationally trained, and my fundamental belief is that therapeutic change comes about through the systematic use of the therapeutic relationship. My key task is to create an empowering alliance by communicating the attitudes and skills of the person-centred approach which both contains and holds the therapeutic work as we focus together on the client’s goals. My supervision practice is also relational. I work from the premise that supervision is driven by a twofold purpose: to ensure the welfare and the safety of the client and to help support and to develop the work of the therapist. By creating a climate of warmth, trust, genuineness and respect, my attention and energy are firmly focused on the supervisory relationship since its quality determines the overall effectiveness of the work. A culture of openness to learning and personal re-evaluation goes with the supervisee as they make the journey from trainee to experienced practitioner. Supervision has been central to the development of my own individual style and way of working. My intention is to provide an interpersonally focused relationship that facilitates the development of therapeutic competence whilst containing and holding the client work in a therapeutic triad. This enables the supervisee to fully attend to client need. By encouraging supervisees to be self-aware, to be aware of their own internal processes, to monitor their emotional responses and experiences within the work - I am attempting to increase the awareness of who the supervisee may be to their client. I encourage the supervisee to notice what they experience in the relationship with the client and to consider if this experience relates to their own unresolved conflicts or if it is their response to the client playing out old patterns of relating. I am aware that the quality of the supervisory relationship determines whether supervision is effective and whether the supervision promotes the growth and development of the practitioner. 

I am a Â鶹ԭ´´ senior accredited therapist and clinical supervisor with nearly 30 years unbroken practice working with children, adolescents and adults in education from primary school through to university. I have also worked for 10 years in the NHS and for 25 years in private practice. Following my initial therapy training, I undertook further training in EMDR and I am an EMDR Accredited Practitioner with the EMDR UK Association and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. I am particularly interested in and have a great deal of experience in working therapeutically with trauma and PTSD. I work with anxiety, depression, complicated grief, relationship issues, workplace injuries, health and pregnancy-related trauma as well as with distressing life experiences including childhood abuse histories, rape and sexual assault and domestic violence. Since 2011, I have provided clinical supervision to individuals and groups in both organisational settings and in private practice. Here I have supported work in a range of specialist clinical settings including working with childhood bereavement, as well as with young people at risk of sexual exploitation. I have provided clinical supervision in educational and health settings as well as in the workplace. This has included supporting staff engaged in a broad spectrum of work including social services staff working in adult and child protection, as well as mental health practitioners working with children and young people and sexual violence advocates. I have extensive experience of working both with trainee therapists studying at a number of Universities across the UK, as well as with qualified practitioners working both online and in-person. In 2025 I regained Â鶹ԭ´´ Senior Accredited Practitioner Status (SCoPED Band C) having achieved Senior Accreditation in 2015 and become a Â鶹ԭ´´ Registered Accredited Practitioner in 2004. Over the course of my work, I have supported a large number of therapists to gain Â鶹ԭ´´ accreditation.

A telephone or video appointment may be helpful to you at this time to decide if we can usefully work together. It may be that you have some further questions that you would like to ask before proceeding further, in which case we could arrange an initial free 15-minute telephone or video call. This appointment will enable us to discuss and explore your requirements for supervision at this time, and to look at the focus of your current clinical work as well as your future career goals and aspirations. This meeting will also allow us the opportunity to get to know one another and see if we can form a working alliance together in support of your work. I will, of course, give you more detailed information about my approach to clinical supervision and my psychotherapeutic experience and training background. We can also discuss the supervisory contract that we will work towards if we agree to go ahead and work together.