Suzanne Ellis

Person-Centred Counsellor MBACP (Accred)

Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11

About me

You may be feeling anxious, stressed, depressed, sad, or you have social anxiety and are feeling lonely and isolated from others or just feel like you've lost your way in life. Maybe you're going through some difficult family issues or your grieving a loved one. You may have experienced a traumatic experience and feel nobody understands what its like for you, or wants to listen or you feel uncomfortable talking about things with family or friends and don't want to open up and upset or burden people in your life with your problems. As a person-centred counsellor I offer you a respectful, confidential, non-judgemental therapeutic counselling relationship, a safe space where you are able to explore your thoughts, feelings and challenging life experiences and work through things at your own pace.

As well as face to face sessions in my counselling venue in Oswestry, I also offer online counselling sessions through Zoom or telephone counselling and therefore am able to offer my counselling service to clients across the UK and beyond.

I have particular experience of working with clients who are bereaved after the death of a child or the death of a baby through stillbirth, medical termination or miscarriage, I also have vast experience of working with adults, children and young people who are bereaved through sudden and traumatic circumstances such as suicide, murder, manslaughter, sudden illness and accidental death.

I work with adults, children and young people. I have a Masters Degree in Counselling and an Advanced Diploma in Gestalt Therapy. I am an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).I have a Level 2 Certificate in Telephone and Online Counselling certified by the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online and the National Counselling Society.

Please feel able to contact me if you would like to know more about my service or you would like to book an appointment.

Training, qualifications & experience

Experience

I am a Person-Centred Counsellor with 16 years experience. I have experience of working with clients of all age groups, adults, children and young people. In the past I have worked for MIND (mental health charity) and HOAP (a homeless charity) and Barnardo’s. As well as my private practice, I currently work as a counsellor at a children’s hospice and have been in post 12 years, in my time at the hospice I have gained vast experience of working with parents and family members after the death of a child or young person through life limiting conditions, suicide, accidental death, murder and sudden illness. I also have particular experience of providing counselling to children and young people who are bereaved through traumatic circumstances or who have experienced trauma in their lives.

Qualifications and training

Masters degree in Counselling Studies (Chester University, 2016)
CPCAB Level 6 certificate in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision (2019)
Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling (2006)
Advanced Diploma in Gestalt Therapy (2009)
ABC Certificate in integrative counselling (2001)
ACTO approved level 2 Certificate in telephone and online counselling 80 hours continued professional development (2020)
Level 4 Certificate in Mentoring (2004)
Certificate in Mindfulness-based stress reduction (2011)
101 certificate in Transactional Analysis (2012)
Storm suicide prevention training (2012)
suicide awareness training (2015)
counselling children and young people - masters level 7 (2010)
Certificate in training in the lifelong learning sector (2009)
learning support assistant- level 2&3 (2007-2008)
Working with bereaved children and adolescents (2009)
bereavement training
trauma
attachment based theory (2017)
couples therapy
level 3 safeguarding children/level 3 safeguarding vulnerable adults (2020)
mental health first-aid (2009)
self-harm (various training and constantly updated)
complex post traumatic stress disorder (2019)
working with men in therapy (2021)

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP registered number 92710) and I abide by their ethical framework. I am also a member of the Children and Young People Division of the BACP. I am also a registered member of the person- centred association.

Member organisations

Accredited register membership

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

child loss

Stillbirth/medical termination/miscarriage

Living with life-limited conditions

Parental suicide

death of a family member through any circumstances

Therapies offered

Photos & videos

Fees

£40.00 per session

Concessions offered for

Keyworkers
Low income
OAPs
Students
Trainee counsellors
Unemployed

Additional information

An hours individual counselling session costs £40.00. I offer concessionary rates to students, trainee counsellors, key workers, OAPs, people who are unemployed or are on a low income.