Sue Bearder
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About me
I am based in Cirencester and Stroud and have training and a great deal of experience in working with children, teenagers and adults.
What you can expect from counselling sessions with me:
I am an experienced integrative counsellor who can help you to explore and work through the issues that are having a negative impact on your life. Making sense of life experiences, relationships, thoughts and feelings can lead you towards a deeper understanding of yourself from a new perspective, which can be insightful and empowering.
What happens once you contact me:
We'll make an appointment to meet for an initial 50 minute session, where I will ask you some questions and make some notes, and we can think about how counselling may help you with your particular issues. If you decide to go ahead we'll make a plan for further sessions.
I have a Person Centred Approach to Counselling, believing that within a therapeutic relationship the client, whatever their age, benefits from feeling listened to, accepted and understood within a safe, non-judgemental, confidential space.
I also integrate other approaches appropriate to individual clients issues and needs, taking into account their developmental and life stage and whether they require long or short term counselling. When working with children and young people I often offer directed or non-directed creative and / or play methods to enable them to process their feelings and experiences.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB)
- Advanced Specialist Training in Counselling Children and Young People (National Counselling Society)
- Supervision Training: Adult, Children and Young People Focus CPCAB Level 5 Accredited Certificate
- BA (Hons) Degree in Communication Studies (Linguistics and Psychology)
- Post Graduate Teaching Certificate (Primary)
Alongside my private practice I work for two brilliant charities in Gloucestershire:
Cotswold Counselling, where I work with adults at the Centre in Cirencester supporting them to explore a wide range of issues. I also work within Primary School Settings with children aged between 7 and 11 years of age.
TIC+ who offer counselling to Children and Young People aged 9 - 21 years across the county
I continually update my knowledge and understanding of issues that clients bring, through Continued Professional Development and reading widely. As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I work within their ethical framework for good practice.
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).
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
£45 per 50 minute session
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Available daytime only 9am to 5pm
