Suzie Chick
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I named my practice, Compass Counselling, as sometimes we can feel a little lost in our lives. We all need some space and time to help find ourselves and potentially embark on some new and exciting directions. As your therapist, I will act as guide or compass, to help explore your way through the fog to a new horizon.
Please note I work mainly online via Zoom and also see clients for in-person sessions from my space in Guildford, Surrey.
Please contact me to arrange an initial call (at no cost or obligation) to discuss how we might take things forward, including a possible first session.
Through our work together, you can have the much needed space to reflect and process where you are in your life, how you got there and importantly where you may want to go next.
The world can often feel incredibly hectic and overwhelming. Our work will provide a haven of stillness and reflection for you to take a breath and take stock of your life. I strongly believe we could all benefit from having this space. I know it has greatly helped me in my life.
I’ve worked successfully with a wide range of issues including burn-out at work, anxiety, divorce, depression, narcissistic parenting and childhood sexual abuse (to name but a few). I have worked for over a decade as a therapist helping clients find their way.
I don’t prescribe to one specific area, preferring to work with what you decide to bring to therapy, thereby embracing the wide diversity of issues which can arise out of our varied lives.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am trained as an integrative, transpersonal psychotherapist.
A little about me...after graduating from university in London, I trained as an accountant, later specialising in Forensic work with one of the Big Four firms. After 10 years of working hard in the City, I experienced the inevitable burnout. Through this process, a breakdown resulted in a breakthrough. I decided the corporate career ladder wasn't for me and to head in a different direction.
I trained at CCPE (the largest training centre for Transpersonal psychotherapy in the UK). My training lasted six years and during this, I worked for various different charities as a counsellor/ support worker including Victim Support and Mind. I also worked as a volunteer counsellor at a women’s centre in Kingston for 5 years.
The official qualification I have is a diploma in counselling and psychotherapy. This diploma is accredited by the BACP and UKCP (see below for info on these two organisations). Plus I have a Certificate in the Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I am a registered member of BACP and a registered member of UKCP.
Member organisations
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 - £100.00
Additional information
All sessions last 50 minutes and cost £80 each for online and £100 for in-person.
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Please see my website for further details as to my availability. In-person sessions are held on Thursday afternoon/evenings.
