Jazz provides a warm, safe and caring environment that encourages me to be really open and explore my work with clients. I really like the way she encourages other members of the group to comment on other counsellors' work and issues as this helps our own learning. Most of all I appreciate the insightful comments and suggestions she makes on the issues I bring which have been really helpful.

Lisa - Counsellor/Supervisee

Jazz was employed as my Group Clinical Supervisor at Croydon University Hospital for the Staff Counselling Department. She created a safe, supportive and reflective environment with the group which was not only enjoyable but enriching for my practice. Mutual respect, guidance and consideration of others in the group having the opportunity to contribute was fostered throughout her time working with our service. I found her personally, very encouraging and helpful.

Penny Tridgell - Counsellor/Supervisee.

Jazz elicits a warm, welcoming and humoured environment, one that enables great sharing and reflecting between peers. The session is structured enough to ensure each member of the group has equal time to bring their clients and concerns into the room but is fluid and not constricting in anyway. Having only just joined the group I have felt welcomed and accepted. I feel honoured and thankful to be learning in such an environment.

Amy

Carol Gordon (Jazz) competently managed a group of four staff counsellors from diverse trainings and orientations and levels which ranged from a little experience (although on a degree) to very experienced (with either a diploma or on a higher degree). Her supervisees found her supportive and especially skilled at 'connecting' all of them as a group to the supervision purpose and outcomes so that they were able to have discussions that were interactive and helpful.

Angela Armstrong - Senior Staff Counsellor and Service Co-ordinator

I have worked with Carol Gordon, as my supervisor, since 2013 and feel honoured and happy to write a testimonial regarding my experience of her as a supervisor: Carol supervises both my private client/supervision work and my group supervision work with Croydon Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre counsellors and Helpline workers. I feel my work and my self has been nourished, supported, challenged and facilitated to new levels with Carol. I have loved her immediacy, creativity, congruence, generosity and wisdom and ability to think expansively. I feel our relationship is an organic entity which feeds my growth and my client work. I feel Carol also brings a very intense empathic understanding of the issues presented and I always come away from our sessions with a sense of having been really engaged with and feel expansive. I would highly recommend her as a supervisor.

Ms Shirani Situnayake