Sue Tupling
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About me
I am a UKCP Registered Clinical Psychotherapist qualified since 2013. My current clinical orientation is psychoanalytic. In addition, I have long-standing background in experiential and embodied psychotherapies. I work within Staffordshire and the West Midlands as well as further afield.
The evidence base for the effectiveness of this method is growing, and it is strongest for long-term complex cases. The main theoretical framework is that unconscious processes, internal conflicts, transference and early relationships shape current difficulties. By working this way it can help you to increase insight into unconscious dynamics within yourself and make internal changes that help to increase ego strength and robustness and resolve deep-rooted conflicts.
The main ways that I work are by enabling you to talk in a freely associated way, without censorship or judgement; bring dreams that might help with understanding the unconscious as they are interpreted in the session; by you being able to take in the insights that I will offer, that may at times be surprising (as you will be finding out things that you don’t yet know about yourself): and by working through difficult experiences in a supported and contained way as they come up in the work.
HELPING THROUGH A CRISIS
Are you suffering during these times? Are you feeling low and would like a deeper approach to help you cope? Are you more anxious and want to understand the unconscious processes at work?
Anyone with pre-existing anxiety, trauma or OCD is likely to be triggered by difficult times. Loss of control, feeling of helplessness and overwhelm – is triggering for all of us. Here are some of the trauma responses that you might experience when times are tough:
- Trouble sleeping
- Feeling easily overwhelmed (even writing a to-do list is hard)
- Forgetfulness
- Easily irritated
- Paranoid thinking (such as people are deliberately ignorning you)
- More of a tendency to be mean to people to hurt them
- Feeling like you don't have a future
I’ve have set up a group offering many FREE resources and support. This includes a FREE online course ‘Emotional Wellbeing’ to help with anxiety and depression that may be causes by a crisis.
You can access this online course anywhere and at any time. Find out more here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/EmbodiedLiving/
In trauma, the body itself becomes unsafe. Yet by learning to reconnect with our self through learning to be with our body we can learn to find safety within again. My website has many resources including simple guided body-based relaxations.
HOW PSYCHOTHERAPY CAN HELP
Sometimes our problems can seem too overwhelming or difficult to understand. Yet somehow they keep happening. We bury our head in the sand and hope they will go away, yet they don't. Sometimes all we want is to get back to 'normal', get back to 'being me'.
"I just want to feel normal again"
"Everyone around me seems happy and I am not!"
"I'm worried I will lose people I love"
"I've been living like this for too long"
Talking to a therapist or counsellor is talking to someone who is totally accepting, non-judgemental, understands because he or she has gone through their own difficulties and come out the other side. It is someone who is outside your family and friends circle. A therapist is there just for you and will not only listen but help you find ways to make a difference to your life. This will help you to sort out why you are like you are, why you do what you do, why you have your problem and provide you with a more balanced, content and confident outlook on life.
Give me a call today on 074111 78380 to have a quick no-obligation chat.
Sessions are offered when vacancies are available.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a postgraduate diploma in psychotherapy (masters level) and am a UKCP registered clinical psychotherapist. I have trained at postgraduate level in Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy and completed additional trainings in Pesso Boyden System Psychotherapy and Couples Psychotherapy. Since 2020 I have been undertaking intensive psychoanalytic training. I undertake over 100 hours CPD each year for my own personal development.
My work today has developed through more than fifteen years of training and clinical practice in different forms of psychotherapy, particularly experiential and embodied approaches. There is an underlying thread connecting these different stages of my development as a therapist: an interest in aspects of ourselves that are not immediately available to conscious thought, but which nevertheless shape how we experience ourselves, our relationships and the world around us.
Sue’s Qualifications and Credentials:
- Currently undertaking intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (PPA) Training with the British Psychotherapy Foundation in London
- Post Foundation training in psychoanalysis with The Institute of Psychoanalysis (BPAS) in London (2021-23, 2 years)
- Foundation training in psychoanalysis with The Institute of Psychoanalysis (British Psychoanalytic Society (BPAS)) in London (2020)
- Couples/Relationship Therapist (90 hrs COSRT, 2019)
- Trained in Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Therapy (3 year in person training 2015-2018)
- UKCP Accredited and Registered Psychotherapist since 2015 (reg. No. 2011165086)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy (NLPt Dip) – 2013 (in total a four year training consisting of over 150 days in person attendance, 50 hrs personal therapy, intensive supervision (1:3 ratio), a 60 hour honorary psychiatric placement, and a 25,000 word research project)
- Advanced Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (part of my PG psychotherapy diploma, over 120 days in person training) – 2006 – 2011
- Certified Ericksonian Hypnotherapist – 2011
- Accredited therapeutic coach (INLPTA) – 2004- 2005
- MSc and BSc (Hons) degrees – Aston University (1991) and University of Aberdeen (1992)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
NLPtCA is a not-for-profit company, dedicated to developing and promoting the use of NLP in therapeutic and counselling settings.
They are the only professional association for psychotherapists and counsellors using Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Long-term illness
Divorce
Narcissistic abuse/parenting
Therapies offered
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Fees
£65.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Private and self-funding clients: £65 per session
- Couples therapy £85 per session
- Organisations: by arrangement
- Session fees are payable at the end if the month
- Payments accepted by Cheque / Cash / BACS and Card
Further information
Based in Stafford, Staffordshire, with easy access by road, rail or bus, I provide a safe, private therapeutic space in Stafford. My therapy room is a light, airy and spacious space in business premises with plenty of parking, close to Junction 13 of the M6 and walking distance from local bus routes and the town centre. Disabled access is available.
Sessions are also available via WhatsApp, phone, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, telephone and email.://www.embodiedliving.co.uk
