Lynette is a Senior Accredited Pastoral Supervisor with APSE, the Association for Pastoral Supervision and Education

She formerly Chaired the spirituality division of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP/Spirituality).

Lynette initiated supervision in the Spiritual Directors’ Network in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and also chaired the Training Group.

2023-present Supervision of Spiritual Direction (work in progress) .

2023-present Development of counselling and psychotherapy resources for a leading professional association for the counselling professions in the UK.

2017 ‘Discernment’ In What Counsellors and Spiritual Directors Can Learn from Each Other: Ethical Practice, Training and Supervision.   Gubi, P. Ed. Jessica Kingsley.

Supervision in Spiritual Accompaniment’.  In Spiritual Accompaniment and Counselling: Working with Psyche and Soul. Gubi . Jessica Kingsley.

2014 ‘Supervision of Psychotherapy and Spiritual Direction: Two Contexts, One Process?’  Thresholds Journal.

2012 Psychotherapy & Spiritual Direction:  Two Languages, One Voice? Karnac

2009 APSCC Report: Counselling and Spiritual Direction.

2008 ‘Working with Issues of Spirituality, Faith or Religion’.  BACP Information Sheet.

2006 ‘Is the Soul the Last Taboo?’ British Journal of Psychotherapy Integration 3(1):48-54.

RESEARCH

2020 Research into the implementation of supervision policy commissioned by the Methodist Church in Britain.

2017 Doctoral research into the role of supervision in the ethical practice of spiritual direction (Practical Theology Doctorate, Anglia Ruskin University/Cambridge Theological Federation). 

Supervision of pastoral supervision trainees: 2019-present.

External Assessor for Middlesex University review of validation of MA in Counselling. 2024.

Member of Training, Research and Publications Group of the Association of Pastoral Supervisors and Educators. 2020-present.

Responsible Grace training for Methodist Superintendents across the UK 2019-2020

Pastoral Psychology Roman Catholic Seminary, 2005 – 2013

Viva examiner, MSc Integrative Psychotherapy 2003-2019

Design and facilitation of courses in Supervision of Spiritual Direction

Design and facilitation of courses for Training Incumbents in the Church of England

Spirituality related weekends, workshops and training days

Workshops at Confer, APSCC and Continuing the Journey conferences

Tutor, Counselling Diploma 1999 – 2003

Co-ordinator of teacher training, College of Further Education (1998 – 2003)