Suzanne Wood-Simmons

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location_on Stourbridge, Dudley, DY8 5PS
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About me

Welcome and thank you for viewing my profile. I'm Suzanne, a Person-Centred Therapist. MBACP, NCPS (Accred). BA (Hons) Dip.Coun. 

I am passionate about mental health having worked in the sector for over 10 years, I continue to have an interest in helping and supporting people.

I appreciate how difficult it can be to take that first step.

Maybe you are feeling alone, depressed, disorientated and empty, or overwhelmed and as if your head is spinning? Let's sit awhile, taking time to contemplate, explore and reflect.

If you are unsure if counselling is for you, please get in touch, I offer a free 15 minute phone call or online assessment session of up to 50 minutes for £25. 

Training, qualifications & experience

  • Level 5 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
  • Level 3 Certificate in Counselling
  • Level 2 Certificate in Counselling
  • CBT Diploma

I also hold certificates in:

  • Adoption Support Counselling
  • Communicating With Adults with Learning Disabilities
  • Learning Disabilities Awareness
  • Mental Health Awareness
  • Neurodivergent clients
  • Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
  • Sensory Processing Training
  • Sex Offender Awareness
  • Substance Misuse
  • Youth Work Practice

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

  • Adoption Support - all areas, adoptee, adopter and natural family. 
  • Kink Aware
  • Faith Related/Deconstruction 
  • Vegan Allied
  • Homelessness
  • Ex offender
  • Sex worker
  • (BDSM)

Therapies offered

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Fees

£25.00 - £55.00
Free initial telephone or online session

Concessions offered for

  • check_circle Low income
  • check_circle Keyworkers
  • check_circle OAPs
  • check_circle Students
  • check_circle Trainee counsellors
  • check_circle Unemployed
  • check_circle Refugees

Health Insurance/EAP

  • check_circle BUPA
  • check_circle Health Assured
  • check_circle Aviva

Additional information

I offer affordable sessions for all, at frequencies to suit.

Individual sessions are 50 minutes long. 

On Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9.30 and 2.00 online or phone sessions are £25. (Or £35 between 3.00 and 5.00).

At all other times, sessions are priced between £40 & £55.

Assessments are conducted via Zoom/phone. 

Home visits in the local vicinity may be available. 

Couples therapy is available online only, and sessions last for 90 minutes. 

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Further information

For further information please get in touch. I'm down to earth, and don't shock easily! 

91 Barnett Lane, Wordsley, Stourbridge, Dudley, DY8 5PS

Type of session

Online
Phone
Home visits

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples

Key details

DBS check info

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Please discuss access arrangements with me, at the time of booking. Face to face sessions are conducted on the ground floor, with access to a toilet. Home visits available by arrangement.

Online platforms

Zoom

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