Supporting you and your team to use  systemic ideas through training, supervision, and direct work.

About Us

Systemic Perspectives is led by Jennifer Summer, a Senior Systemic Psychotherapist, Supervisor, and Trainer with over 30 years’ experience working in and alongside children’s social care. Jennifer is registered with United Kingdom Council for Pyschotherapy (UKCP) and a member of the Association for Family Therapy (AFT).

The work is grounded in a strong understanding of systemic theory alongside extensive experience in practice, training, and supervision. Jennifer is particularly known for her ability to translate complex ideas from the family therapy world into language and approaches that feel relevant, accessible, and usable in social work contexts.

Alongside clinical practice, she has worked for many years as a systemic tutor and has delivered training and consultancy for local authorities, national organisations, and multi-agency partnerships. She is known for being calm and confident under pressure, able to adapt in the moment, and for creating reflective spaces where practitioners feel supported to think differently.

At the heart of Systemic Perspectives is a commitment to relationship-based practice, reflective leadership, and improving experiences and outcomes for children and families.

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Our Services

Helping you think clearly, work relationally, and sustain effective practice.

Psychotherapy & Supervision

Systemic Perspectives offers systemic supervision to individuals and teams across children’s social care and related fields.

Supervision provides a safe and thoughtful space to reflect on practice, relationships, and decision-making — particularly where risk, uncertainty, or emotional pressure is present. The approach balances support and challenge, helping practitioners think more clearly and work more confidently with children and families.

Training & Consultancy

Systemic Perspectives designs and delivers systemic training and consultancy for social workers, managers, and multi-agency professionals working with children and families.

The focus is on translating systemic theory into clear, accessible ideas that can be used in everyday practice — particularly in contexts where complexity, risk, and resistance are present. Work with organisations often includes supporting leadership teams to embed systemic thinking into management, supervision, and organisational culture.

Training and consultancy offers are collaborative, reflective, and grounded in extensive real-world experience. They may be delivered as one-off sessions, bespoke programmes, or longer-term partnerships.

Speaking & Sector Support

Systemic Perspectives contributes to conferences, learning events, and professional development days focused on systemic practice in social care and related fields.

Workshops explore how systemic ideas can be applied across disciplines and settings, with a particular focus on relationship-based practice, leadership, and reflective thinking in complex systems.

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Testimonials

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  • Jenny's knowledge was great and the pace was perfect for my learning. I particularly liked that she goes back to reference things from previous days to apply them to what we are learning at each stage. This makes it easier to remember.

  • Really enjoyed the training it was delivered in a way which suited my learning style and created really good discussions and sharing within the group which helped learning not just from the trainer but other managers in the group

  • This was by far the best training I have attended in a long time!!! Jenny's knowledge was impressive and she created a safe space for us all to learn and practice together which was really lovely.

  • Jenny was amazing, she made linking the training to practice so easy which has helped my practice as a new manager.

  • I thoroughly enjoyed this training. The pace was good and the trainer was excellent. Jenny supported ongoing discussion and adapted her training depending on our previous experience of systemic training which meant there was something for everyone. I enjoyed the opportunity to meet with other managers to discuss the conflicts within our roles and how best to manage the day to day challenges using systemic theory.

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Please get in touch to discuss how support can be tailored to your organisation or context.