Over the course of around 6 months, my time with Andrew was my steady reference point. He created a safe, encouraging space where I could relax and reflect on important issues without judgement or direction. As a professional support he created an opportunity to see events from several angles without the organisational influence of an insider, and this ensured I acted with sound judgement in my own best interest. He was also able to sincerely empathise with the challenges faced by Lived Experience carer workers, like me, within the public health system, and he supported my efforts at keeping the carer focus visible in my public mental health setting despite strong adverse organisational pressure. I feel fortunate to have had Andrew journey with me during some very tough times indeed.

As a supervisor, Andrew has created space, time and support for me to be able to share (even vent) and explore my work and develop in my family Carer LE expertise. I appreciate Andrew’s intellectual humility, kindness, knowledge and compassion. I look forward to our supervision sessions and always come away with a couple of gems of knowledge to take back to my working life. Discipline specific supervision with Andrew has been a valuable and vital part of my work and also included lots of laughs and time to bring all the aspects of my life, work and caring responsibilities to the safe space. I am grateful that I’ve found a supervision who is such a great fit for me, its been a very positive experience.