Susan Moorehouse
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About me
Thank you for wanting to read more about me and my approach to my work. I am a qualified Therapist, working with adults 18 years of age and upwards. I am based in Leeds City Centre. I offer both short or long-term one to one counselling depending on the individual needs of clients and I am able to offer face-to-face or online sessions where appropriate.
I work as frontline staff for the NHS. This work has given me the experience of working those with long term, conditions, fear, stigma, prejudice, sexual assault, sexual abuse and domestic violence. My experience to date has helped me to work successfully with clients facing many different challenges, and my approach to my work is consistently, warm, caring, sensitive, compassionate and genuine.
I am experienced in providing support to individuals facing many different difficulties, including:
- Anxiety, stress, depression, low self-esteem, self-harm.
- Bereavement, loss and isolation
- Relationship Issues, sexuality, women's issues, cultural or identity issues
- Trauma, physical or emotional abuse
- Chronic Illness
- Work related issues
I understand that it can be extremely stressful, exhausting and scary to carry such difficult emotions around as we try to manage our daily lives. At times, as individuals, we can feel alone and overwhelmed by our worries and concerns. It is often a daunting step to ask for help, but there is always help available, and the right support at the right time can make a massive difference to a person’s life.
Individuals, we can feel alone and overwhelmed by our worries and concerns. It is often a daunting step to ask for help, but there is always help available, and the right support at the right time can make a massive difference to a person’s life. For me, everyone needs some support id difficult times in at their lives, this is part of the experience of being human.
Client Testimonies
Susan provided me with a safe and peaceful environment where I could express my emotions and felt heard, perhaps for the first time in my life.
Her quite gentle support, the questions she directed me to when I felt overwhelmed, helped to ground me and stop my emotions escalating.
The counselling I received has been completely life changing for me with my anxiety and feelings of grief.
Susan’s support allowed me to be honest with myself, to move towards seeing there is a different life for me, within my reach.
Practice description
As a person-centred counsellor I aim to support clients to recognise their own strengths and resources, so that they may work through issues and find solutions to their problems in a way that is right for them. I provide a safe and nurturing environment so that clients feel heard, accepted and able to explore thoughts and feelings without judgement. I work with competence, confidence, empathy and, always have my client’s best interest at heart of the therapeutic relationship.
I work from a humanistic approach that puts the client at the centre of the therapeutic relationship. Taking on the client’s perspective and seeing things as they do helps to facilitate personal growth, change and enables clients to make life choices that are right for them. To embrace the uniqueness of individuals I work in a flexible manner with an aim of interacting in a way that best suits the needs of the individual, after all, ‘one size does not fit all’.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Registered member of the BACP
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Working at Relational Depth in Counselling - Prof Mark Cooper
- Applying Attachment Theory in Clinical Practice - Linda Cundy
- Experience of Counselling at Wheatfields Hospice, Leeds.
- My experience to date links to, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, sexual health including sexual assault, HIV, stigma and prejudice. I am also familiar with those that experience relationship difficulties, domestic abuse.
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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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
Availability - Currently taking on new clients
Saturday and weekday early evening appointments are available.
- Session Length - 50 minutes
- Rate - £50 per hour session.
My first session
I offer a 30 minute telephone session free of charge. This service acts as an introduction, to get to know you and ensure my counselling approach is able to meet your current counselling needs.
Further information
What I can help with
Abuse, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cultural issues, Depression, Health related issues, Identity issues, Loss, Personal development, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Stress, Trauma, Work related issues, suicidal thoughts
Types of therapy
Humanistic, Person centred
How I deliver therapy
Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work, Time-limited
