Sue Hanson

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About me

I am a highly experienced UKCP accredited Humanistic/Integrative psychotherapist/counsellor with a long-established practice in the centre of Carlisle. I have more than twenty years’ experience of working therapeutically with individuals who bring a wide range of different issues.
 
Why Come For Counselling/Psychotherapy?
Most people, at some time in their lives, feel troubled and want help. Sometimes we need to be able to talk openly and confidentially with someone who is skilled at helping us to make sense of our circumstances in a way that is different to talking to friends and family. 
 
It may be a current, specific issue that is troubling you, or other life issues which may not be so easy to give a label to. You may feel uncertain about where the problem lies and desire to get to know yourself better. Often people come with a difficulty that has been ongoing for a long period of time, about which they feel stuck and don’t know how to move forward.
 
Issues I am frequently consulted on include (and are not limited to):
 
·      Low mood
·      Anxiety/panic attacks
·      Relationship/family difficulties
·      Traumatic childhood experiences
·      Low self esteem
·      Work stress
·      Grief and loss
·      Major life transitions such as mid-life, the ending of a relationship, becoming a parent, bereavement/facing retirement
·      Serious Illness such as cancer
·      End of life (both person nearing end of life and family members)
·      Chronic/unexplained medical symptoms
 
How Will Counselling/Therapy Help?
During your therapy sessions, I will listen carefully and empathically to your problems or difficulties. My role is to help you to develop a deeper awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences to help you to make sense of yourself and find a way forward.
 
Some people come with a specific issue and after six to eight sessions feel that this has made a great difference. Often what is initially brought to therapy evolves into a wider and deeper enquiry in a desire to explore and understand yourself and the way you relate to others more fully.
 
Often it is helpful to pay attention to underlying issues and causes which may have their origins in your past relationships and experiences and how these might be consciously or unconsciously influencing current issues. Unpacking these issues in therapy can bring relief, provide clarity and over time, help you develop more satisfying and fulfilling ways of being.
 
Where therapy is aimed at deep seated internal change, it is helpful to continue for several months and sometimes years.
 
What To Expect
I offer both fixed term (6-20 sessions) and open-ended psychotherapy. We will discuss the benefits of each at our initial meeting. The choice will be yours.
 
Sessions last for fifty minutes and take place weekly on a regular day and time. Where needed they can be more frequent. I work mainly in-person, but online sessions are possible where necessary.
 
Our initial meeting will be 1 hour 15 minutes but is charged at the same fee as a standard 50-minute session.You will have the opportunity to talk about your current difficulties, what you would like to get out of therapy and ask any questions you have. This also gives you the chance to get a feel for how I work and for us both to decide whether we wish to work together. 

Training, qualifications & experience

I have completed a five-year Masters level training and undertaken my own long-term, intensive personal psychotherapy.
 
2010: MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy (Distinction), Northern Guild for Psychotherapy, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
 
2010: Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, Northern Guild for Psychotherapy, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
 
2007: Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Distinction), Northern Guild for Psychotherapy, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
 
2016: Certificate in Supervision of Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Central Lancashire
 

Member organisations

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Registered / Accredited

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UKCP
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

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.

Accredited register membership

UK Council for Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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UK Council for Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

I have a clinical background in healthcare and considerable experience supporting people affected by cancer and other serious illnesses. This may be the person with the illness or their friends and family. I also offer consultation to nurses and other health professionals. These sessions may be taken individually or in a collegial group.

Therapies offered

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Fees

£60.00 per session

Additional information

Individuals: £60 per 50-minute session.
Supervision: £70 per one-hour session.
Please contact me for organisational fees/information.
Fees are reviewed on an annual basis.

When I work

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Other times are occasionally possible. Please enquire.

Bourne Business Centre, Milbourne Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 5XF

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

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Online platforms

Microsoft Teams
Zoom

Supervision

In person
Online

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Sue Hanson
Sue Hanson