Sue Watkins
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About me
I am currently seeing clients online or via the telephone and have some availability for F2F. I have flexibility with timings from 09.00 until 17.00 hours Monday - Thursday or by arrangement.
As you are all too aware, we are currently living in difficult and demanding times. Trying to find a work life balance is not always possible and personal relationships can become difficult. Your feelings can have an impact on you and affect your physical, mental health and wellbeing.
You may feel lonely and alone with your emotions and need a counsellor to talk things through with you or just be there to support you along the way.
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I have a business and health working background with rich and diverse experience having counselled individuals and couples from all walks of life and different cultural backgrounds. I offer a confidential space to talk about yourself, your relationship, your life and any concerns that may be causing you distress, such as, fearful, scared, anxious, depressed, upset, shameful. I also work with trauma, affairs and betrayals, internet (pornography), compulsive sexual behaviour, sexual abuse, gambling, eating and shopping disorders. I also work with loss, bereavement, bereavement by suicide and work related issues, although this list does not cover all aspects of my work.
I will explore your concerns with you and the possibilities of making meaningful choices and changes, to manage and improve your quality of life and feel more prepared when something is not working. As your counsellor, I will support, explore and work through your issues with you. I will not judge or make decisions for you. My personal approach to problem solving is also practical and solution focused.
My counselling and psychotherapy experience includes:
- National Health Service (NHS)
- Wallace Centre (now known as Maggie’s) cancer care and carer support
- Choices - adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse
- The Cogwheel Trust – emotional and psychological wellbeing
- Marriage Care – relationship support (couples and individuals)
- Sue Ryder – disabilities / bereavement support
- Relate
I have been working as a counsellor and psychotherapist since 2007 and have more than 6,000 hours of experience.
I offer on line/telephone sessions and some F2F. Please telephone or email to discuss.
Training, qualifications & experience
Membership of Professional Associations:
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), Senior Accredited.
ATSAC (Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity).
COSRT (College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists)
Professional qualifications:
Diploma in Integrative Counselling
Certificate in Creative Art Therapy
Relationship Counselling
Understanding the effects of childhood abuse
Teaching practice certificate
Advanced Diploma in Sex Addiction
Achievements:
A member of a team that was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service by Groups in the Community (2010).
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.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I am also a qualified sex addiction therapist. I work with individuals (male or female) for whom sexual compulsivity and porn addiction is affecting their personal lives, relationships, work or health and impacting on quality of life and causing difficulty in forming and maintaining relationships. I also offer support for other addictions and compulsive behaviours.
- I provide a safe and confidential environment.
- You will not be judged.
- Together we will talk through any difficult feelings you may have - such feelings may include: fear, guilt and shame (these feelings may be current and/or stem from your past). I will support you through your recovery and what it means to be free of compulsivity.
My work will also include supporting partners who may experience intense emotional pain, shock and distress following the discovery of the behaviour, through their trauma. My focus is to support those wanting to make changes and choices for healthy relationships.
