Suzanne Ellis MBACP (Registered) MA counselling

About me

Hi, I have been a qualified person-centred counsellor for 12 years, I have experience of working with adults and children and young people, experiencing depression, anxiety, loneliness, bullying, stress, trauma, loss, grief and bereavement.I also have experience of working with families and couples. I have been working for a local children’s hospice as a family counsellor for the past 9 years.

If you’re thinking that you’re not happy or you aren’t yourself or something in your life is really difficult for you to cope and manage right now. If your family and friends are unable to help you (although they might have tried). If you can’t explain to anybody what it is, that is making you feel so sad or lost. If as each day passes you find yourself becoming more of a shell of your former self and although you may be putting on a front to your family, loved ones and friends, maybe your mask is beginning to fall.

Maybe now is the the time to decide to make a positive move to help yourself by seeking the help of a counsellor. A counsellor is somebody that, doesn't know who you are and has no preconceived perceptions of you and has no prior connection to your life.

Counselling may help lift the heavy burden of sadness, confusion or anxiety or whatever it is that you may be feeling. And hopefully you will find with each session that it will became easier for you to talk about the things you are finding difficult. Everybody has thoughts and feelings that they don't feel able to talk about with their closest friends and family. Sometimes we just need to talk to somebody that doesn't know who we are, so that we are able to learn more about ourselves, our lives and our thoughts and feelings.

I can offer you an hour every week/fortnight, an hour for you to spend in a safe and confidential space, exploring your thoughts and feelings with no judgement. I believe that when individuals are given the right conditions, such as a safe, empathic and caring therapeutic relationship built on trust, understanding, authenticity and acceptance, they can get through even the most challenging and difficult life experiences.

When you come to meet me, we will have an initial assessment session which is ‘free’ of charge and will last half an hour. This assessment session will be a time for us to meet each other and a time for you to find out if counselling may be of help and for you to ask me any questions. It will also be a time for us to find out if we would feel happy to work together therapeutically. Also in the initial assessment session we can contract to work for six weekly/fortnightly sessions, however if after one or two sessions you feel that don’t need anymore time then that’s great, however after six sessions we will review how the counselling is going and if you feel that six sessions has not been enough time for you to talk about all you need to talk about, then you can have more sessions, my work with you will be led by your needs and will not be time limited. We will see each other weekly/ fortnightly for an hour and the charge will be £35 for the hour session.

Sometimes the stigma surrounding seeking help and support can make people afraid of getting the help they really need. Counselling isn't for everybody, but it can help most people. I believe that there is nothing wrong with needing assistance, because we all need help from time to time.

I am also experienced in working creatively in sessions with clients using sand tray work, collage work and other creative ways, especially with children and young people, if you feel this way of working would be helpful to you at all.

I have a room in my home that I work from which is a confidential and safe environment for counselling sessions to take place in. My home is in the suburbs of Oswestry, but is within easy walking distance of Oswestry town centre, there is also ample parking space on my drive.

Please ring me if you need to ask me any questions about my counselling service. Thank you for looking at my profile.