Sue Nyirenda
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About me
Working creatively and uniquely with my clients is, I believe, vitally important. You come with your own individual experience and ways of being, and with your own new path to forge. My job is to attune to you to really try and understand you and then support you on your path to a better place. I deeply believe that you have the understanding and solutions within you and my role is to help you find them - in a gentle, but challenging way.
The relationship and trust between us is key - if we get on well then you are likely to work really well in your counselling! Therefore, I always offer a free initial consultation (50 mins) for you to meet me (and me you) before you commit to seeing me as your counsellor. It is a big commitment - emotionally and of course financially, but I see it an a timely investment in yourself.
As I’m sure you know - it can often take a while to trust a new person in your life, and I understand that. So, we will work together, building our trust in the first instance.
Entering counselling is an important and serious choice. We will meet regularly to work together, and will mean that some difficult things may have to be faced. But there is certainly plenty of joy to be shared along the way too. I see counselling as an inner adventure - to find the real you. It can be wonderfully liberating!
I am 64 and so have a wealth of my own life experiences that have brought me to this place in time. I’d like to think that I’ve learned a few things along the way and made a significant number of mistakes too. I feel that it is a deep privilege to work with my clients and I love my work. Each client definitely teaches me new things!
Being creative is very important to me and in my therapy I like to use a variety of different methods with my clients, to suit their needs. I qualified with a diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling, which means I draw on a few different theoretical approaches, rather than be stuck in the discipline of simply one.
I’ve produced a set of Lovelli Therapy Cards which I work with as well as other images from magazines etc. I also run workshops with therapists to explore how such images can be used with clients. It can be very powerful, so we have to be gentle and sensitive in this work, but it is also great fun and rewarding.
Training, qualifications & experience
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (ABC)
Twenty + years of experience working with Re-evaluation Counselling.
I have worked with numerous clients with a variety of presenting issues - but I see every person as unique and often find that what a person comes with is often not what they eventually decide to work on. We are all complex and unravelling is a huge part of the process.
I am currently doing a Couples Counselling course and am looking for couples to work with at a reduced rate - once the covid situation resolves. Working with couples on zoom or skype, doesn't work well!
Member organisations
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I particularly work using images and creative activities.
I am training to be a couples counsellor and am looking for willing couples whilst I'm training - at a reduced cost. During 'covid' times this won't be possible but once the situation resolves I would like to work at the room in Canterbury that I use.
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
£45.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£45 per session
Free initial online meeting or phone call to work out if you feel you can work with me and that I feel competent to work with you and your issues.
If I feel that my experience doesn't match your situation, I will signpost you to a therapist who I believe has the experience.
When I work
I now work only by phone or Zoom. I've discovered this works v well for clients - they feel safe & comfy in their own enviroment.
It allows me to be very flexible with times too.
