Whether you're a pre-certified professional or actively working towards accreditation as a Clinical Animal Behaviourist, Ali offers personalised mentoring and case supervision designed to support you at every stage of your professional journey. With over 20 years of experience and a specialist focus on dogs and cats, Ali provides a structured, supportive environment to help you meet professional requirements, deepen your clinical knowledge, and build confidence in your practice.

Services Offered

• One-to-One Mentoring: Regular sessions tailored to reflect on cases, practice development, and professional challenges.
• Case Supervision: In-depth support with your own clinical cases. Ali can observe your consultations—either in person (if local) or remotely—and provide feedback. These cases may be eligible for inclusion in your case logs for CCAB or other professional assessments.
• Case Observations: Opportunities to observe Ali’s own clinical cases (in-person only), followed by a reflective discussion to explore techniques, decision-making, and client interaction.

• Ali is working with Elea Baker BSc (Hons) PgDip CAB NCert (Surgical) RVN, Associate Member APBC, at Rowe Behaviour Referrals.

• Ali also leads small group mentoring sessions for members of the Fellowship of Animal Behaviour Clinicians (FABC). If you are a member, please contact info@fabclinicians.org for more information.

• A safe, reflective space to explore workload, boundaries, and personal or external factors affecting your professional role.
• Practical case support to ensure best outcomes for clients and their animals.
• Hands-on observational experience in real-world clinical settings, including history taking, identifying differentials, behaviour modification planning, caregiver guidance, and strategies for follow up support.
• Insight into how culture, identity, and personal experiences influence consultations—and strategies to work effectively with this diversity.
• Assistance with writing and improving case reports.
• Development of practitioner skills including communication, empathy, and clinical reasoning.
• Risk assessment training to ensure the safety of both humans and animals.
• Signposting to additional services or resources as needed.
• Guidance on setting goals and developing your practice.
• Support to maintain best practice for both your professional and personal well-being.
• Increased confidence in applying ethics and legal standards within clinical settings.
• Tools and guidance to build self-evaluation skills, identify limitations, and recognise when to seek further support or supervision.

• All supervision is provided within a clearly defined professional relationship, with agreed expectations to promote development and uphold best practice.
• A signed contract will be required covering service arrangements, commercial terms, professional conduct, confidentiality/GDPR, insurance, and liability.
• A development plan will be created and reviewed regularly to maintain focus and track progress.
• Client confidentiality is strictly maintained. No client information will be shared without written consent.

How to Get Started

If you're interested in mentoring or supervision services, please contact
admin@dogbehaviourconsultant.co.uk for more information.

• A questionnaire to share your background, current stage in professional development/accreditation, and goals.
• A professional development checklist to help you to reflect on your current skills, knowledge, and confidence.
• A contract outlining key terms, boundaries, and expectations.

Pricing Guide:

• One-to-One Mentoring: £80 per hour (or a package of 6 sessions for £420, saving £60)
• Case Supervision (your cases): £195 includes a 2-hour consultation observation + 1-hour discussion - (plus travel time/mileage).
• Case Observation (Ali’s cases): £80 for 1-hour reflective discussion after the consultation. No charge to observe cases however, there is a one-off admin/insurance fee. 
• Group Mentoring: £30 per hour for a minimum of 3 participants.