Susanne Hart DipHIC, MNCS Accred.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a qualified counsellor with a Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling from the Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling and a Certificate in Couples Therapy at the Centre for Relational Couples Therapy in Stroud.

I have received specific training so that I can better support survivors and victims of traumatic experiences such as sexual and domestic abuse. I volunteered as a counsellor at The Southmead Project from 2011 until 2013, supporting people who had experienced abuse either in their childhoods or in later life.  In 2011, I set up a service with the WISH for a Brighter Future charity in South Bristol and provided counselling services for survivors of domestic abuse. Unfortunately, this service is no longer available due to changes in local funding priorities.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling at BCPC
• Foundation Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy at BCPC
• Certificate in Couples Therapy at the Centre for Relational Couples Therapy in Stroud
• Professional Certificate in the Therapeutic Use of Mindfulness - British Mindfulness Academy

Additional Training

• Childhood Sexual Abuse, Addiction and Recovery - The Southmead Project
• Attachment Theory & Affect Regulation – Dr Gwen Adshead
• The Impact of Trauma - Professor Kim Etherington, Bristol University
• Understanding Domestic Violence and Abuse – BAVA
• Working Online – Dr Carole Francis-Smith

Further information

I am an Accredited Registrant with the National Counselling Society; a leading professional body for counselling and psychotherapy in the UK and as such, I am required to have regular supervision in order to maintain professional standards of practice.