Susan Prendergast
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About me
I first became interested in counselling when I worked for the Citizens’ Advice Bureau. I discovered that most of us have a difficulty we find unable to overcome at some time in our lives, and talking about it with a skilled, empathic, non-judgmental person can often clarify the situation. It can stop the ‘circling thoughts’ that we can suffer from and help us find the way forward.
I have worked with teenagers who have left foster care or children’s homes and were setting up homes of their own – with all the emotional and practical problems to deal with. My work has also been with people with drug and alcohol dependencies, and with the close relatives who are affected by the dependency. In these cases my clients need help coping with the relationship in which the other person seems to have the ‘problem’. However, lots of life’s problems, such as debt or illness for example, can affect our relationships. It seems that sometimes we feel we can’t see the wood for the trees – and this is where I can help. Many problems can stem from our past; my personal view is that we cannot change the past, but we can change our reaction to it. I like to focus on the ‘here and now’ and how we can go forward positively into the future.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA (Hons) degree in Psychology
- Diploma in Integrative Counselling
- Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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
Fees
£40.00 per session
Additional information
£40 per hour for individuals
£60 per hour for couples
When I work
Week days by appointment
Further information
If daytime hours are difficult, I am happy to work with Zoom.
