Sue Green
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About me
Hello! We are Sue and Mel. We want you to know first and foremost that we genuinely do care. We pride ourselves on creating real, authentic helping relationships with our clients, as well as a professional and highly skilled service.
Depending on your presenting issues and challenges, you will be suited to either Sue or Mel's specialities:
Mel- Child, Teenager, Parent & Couples Specialist
Parent Issues Mel Can Support With:
Parenting Challenges, Fertility Issues and/or Miscarriage, Child Loss, Pregnancy and Postpartum anxiety/ depression, Body Image, Family Dynamics, Sense of Self/ Loss of Purpose, Divorce and Co-Parenting, Anxiety, Fostering/ Adoption Challenges, Stress
Children and Young People Issues Mel Can Support With:
Neurodiversity, Self-Esteem, Bullying, Identity/ Sexuality/ Gender, Life Transitions, Confidence, Anxiety, Depression, Friendships, Emotional Regulation, Body Image, Academic Challenges, Grief and Loss, Traumatic Life Experiences, OCD and Intrusive Thoughts
Couples Issues Mel Can Support With:
Boundaries, Arguments and Not Getting Along, Divorce, General Happiness, Communication, Relationship Confidence, Infidelity, New Wants/ Wishes/ Needs, Loss of Self, 'Stuck In A Rut', Co-Parenting
Sue- Adult Specialist
Adult Issues Sue Can Support With:
Boundaries, Traumatic Life Experiences, Anxiety, Depression, Loss of Self, Loss of Purpose, Confidence and Self-Esteem, Emotional Regulation, Relationship Challenges and Dynamics, Hurt and Anger, Grief and Loss, Career Issues, Identity/ Sexuality/ Gender, Neurodiversity, Body Image, Intrusive Thoughts
Mental health and wellbeing doesn't have to define yours, your child's or your relationship's life. Help is available and we are grateful to be a part of that journey to understanding yourself, others and real growth.
Why do we believe we are the right counsellors for you?
We have huge amounts of empathy, compassion, experience and skills. We are here for you.
We have vast experience and very highly qualified. We can help you gain more of an understanding of yourself and how to move forward.
We are registered members of a professional body. We work by ethical standards and within their framework and code of ethics. We have strong policies and procedures, fully DBS checked and fully insured.
Our services carry zero pressure. As many or as little sessions as you would like, with flexibility for weekly, bi-weekly, or even monthly.
We offer uniquely tailored sessions to your personal needs and experiences, regardless of orientation or gender. We are integrative counsellors which means we use a range of different theories and strategies that best suit you. We spend true time to researching and thinking about the best skills and way forward specifically for you.
Counselling with us gives a real chance for you, your child or your relationship to get your voice back again, we will help you to connect with your inner beliefs, values and core feelings.
We'd love to hear from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
We have over 35 years of experience between us, specialising in a huge range of family related challenges that come up in life:
- Registered members of BACP (B)
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (B)
- Level 5 Diploma in CBT Skills and Theory (S)
- Certificate in Counselling proficiency with BACP (S)
- Yearly updated Safeguarding Training and GDPR (B)
- BA QTS in Teaching Specialising in Neurodiversity (M)
- Plus a huge range of on-going CPD courses already attended, and continuing to do so in a huge range of mental health and wellbeing issues (B)
We have also worked in the following services over the years:
- DIAS - Counselling individuals who have been affected by domestic violence (S)
- Childrens' Centres- Working with families who have faced any difficulties that were affecting their lives (S)
- Teacher of vulnerable children and teenagers (M)
- Foster & Adoption Service- Working closely in improving relationships (S)
- Assistant SENDCo of a large secondary school (M)
- Family Talk Time Project- One to one intervention in working with families who were experiencing conflict in all areas of their lives (S)
- Whole school mental health development (M)
- Charity setting - Offering counselling within the local community for Individuals and their families (S)
- Early Intervention- Working with services in the community to improve the lives of individuals (S)
- Working across schools to develop understanding and improvement of SEND provisions (M)
- Delivering parenting courses and group work on identified topics (B)
- Pastoral Lead in a College setting (S)
- Private counselling practice on any individual issues (B)
- Ongoing charity work raising money for local services (B)
With both our work and life experiences, we can create change together.
Member organisations
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.
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
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Additional information
The cost of sessions is £45 per session with Mel, £50 per session with Sue, and £55 for couples. Clients pay per session, with payment being required by the day before each of your scheduled appointments.
We do offer a weekly 30% discount if you get income support, or from session 7 onwards, if you require or want more. Don't hesitate to ask us about that.
We do also offer other services! Such as one-off counselling re set sessions, school workshops, parenting workshops and online downloads. Take a look at our website if you'd like to see more of what we do:
www.themerseysidefamilycounsellors.co.uk
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Further information
How does this all work going forward?
Get in touch through here, or on our personal website and an email will pop up in our inbox. We can then get an idea of whether your presenting challenges and availability is more suited to Sue or Mel.
We will get in touch and organise a free phone call to chat informally about how we work, about you and answer any questions. This is the chance for you to get a feel for if we are the right counsellor for you and for us to feel confident in our ability to help.
After the call, we send a follow up email outlining the session times we can offer, price and location. You then reply once you have decided if you want to go ahead. It's completely fine if you change your mind- we completely understand that everyone suits different types of therapists.
If you do decide to go ahead, we will send out a new client information sheet, along with our working agreement, before we start our first session and take that first step together.
This journey is yours, and no one else's, and we're right here with you.
If you think how we work, and what we do sounds like a potential good fit for you, please reach out- it will be lovely to hear from you.
