Susannah Cardy
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About me
Hello, my name is Susannah and I practice as an integrative therapist based in North London or online. We all face difficult and challenging times in our lives when we can't seem to find a way forward and the hardest thing can be to reach out and seek help. I offer a warm, safe and non-judgemental space which will allow you to speak freely about whatever is troubling you and gather the awareness and understanding to make the changes you hope for in your life.
What I can help with
I work with a wide range of issues including:
- Social anxiety
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Abuse
- Trauma
- Depression
- Feeling sad
- Childhood abuse
- Anger management
- Low self-esteem
- Low self-confidence
- Relationship issues
- Family issues
- Attachment disorder
- Neurodiversity, ADHD
- Bereavement and loss
- Identity issues
- Eating disorders
- Loneliness
- Work-related issues
Developing a supportive therapeutic relationship with my clients is at the heart of my work because I believe it's the relationships we forge in life that allow us to grow. I also believe that, however great the challenges we face, we all have it within us to change our experience. Together we can explore and connect with your feelings, experiences, needs and desires, allowing you the space to change old patterns, feel more comfortable in yourself and your relationships and move towards a more authentic way of being.
What to do next
The first thing is to get in touch via email, letting me know whether you'd like sessions in North Finchley N12, Finsbury Park N4 or online. We can then arrange an initial 50-minute session to talk through what's brought you to therapy and how we might work together. After that, I offer 50-minute sessions at the same time each week on a longer or shorter-term basis.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a PG Diploma in Integrative Counselling from The Minster Centre, a leading integrative counselling and psychotherapy training institute. I am also a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their code of ethics. I have experience working with adults at several different London therapy services, as well as online.
Working in an integrative way means I have combined relational, humanistic, psychodynamic, trauma-informed and embodied approaches into my practice. This means I can draw on the therapeutic approaches that best meet the needs of my clients. It also means I work with both your current life and relationships and your early experiences.
I am sensitive to sexual, gender, social and cultural difference and welcome diversity in my practice.
Before re-training in therapy, I worked for many years in the media industry. This experience helps me to tap into creative approaches with my clients and means I understand what it's like to work in a high-pressured environment.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Boarding school issues
Raising adoptive and kinship children
Therapies offered
Fees
£75.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
Please note that all concessionary places are currently full.
When I work
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I can sometimes work outside of these times so do please ask.
Further information
I work in person from my therapy rooms in either North Finchley or Finsbury Park and also work online via Zoom.
