Suzie Chick
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This professional is currently not accepting new clients at this time.
This professional is currently not accepting new clients at this time.
About me
I help people who have always struggled to put themselves first, get back in the driving seat of their own lives.
I truly believe in the healing power of therapy, after my own experience transformed my life.
Before therapy, I had always felt overly responsible, rarely relying on others for support. This contributed to suffering burnout at my old corporate job. I struggled to claim my space in relationships preferring to be on the outside looking in. Expressing my feelings were a challenge especially around my fears and vulnerability.
Any of this sound familiar?
My working style is warm, solid and gently challenging with a good dose of humour thrown in. I've included further below a short video where I introduce myself and my work.
I’m a transpersonal integrative therapist (registered with both the UKCP and BACP) with over a decade of experience helping people live more balanced and meaningful lives.
Send me a message- no pressure, no commitment. Just a first step towards creating the life you want.
Speak soon
Suzie
p.s. I offer a short intro call (for free) so we can talk more about what’s going on and how I might be able to help. You can book a call either by messaging me or going via my online calendar (found on my website). Thanks.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am trained as an integrative, transpersonal psychotherapist (bit of a mouthful I know)!
- So in short, “integrative” means I’ve been trained in lots of different types of therapy (for example using Gestalt, person centred and psychodynamic techniques/theories), but the main guiding approach to my work is transpersonal.
What this means for our work together, is that I have lots of different techniques in my therapy tool kit so your therapy can be designed around your needs.
- As a transpersonal psychotherapist, I recognise the spiritual dimension of our work.
- It’s about experiences or views which go beyond the ordinary. This can include gaining inspiration and guidance from our dreams, imagination and intuition.
- This for me isn’t about religion (it can be but doesn’t have to be). There certainly won’t be any preaching from me!
- Our work together won’t come across as overtly spiritual, for me the transpersonal is at a more subtle level and it will emerge along side different explorations.
- I trained at CCPE (the largest training centre for Transpersonal psychotherapy in the UK).
- My training lasted six years and during this, I worked for various different charities as a counsellor/ support worker including Victim Support and Mind. I also worked as a volunteer counsellor at a women’s centre in Kingston for 5 years.
- The official qualification I have is a diploma in counselling and psychotherapy. This diploma was accredited by the BACP and UKCP.
- Plus I have a Certificate in the Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
- I am a registered member of BACP and a registered member of UKCP.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
I have a special interest and expertise in burnout, having not only suffered with it myself but also having worked with many clients helping them to recover and live a more balanced life.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 - £100.00
Additional information
All sessions last 50 minutes and cost £80 each for online and £100 for in-person (from my private room in Guildford, Surrey).
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I aim to respond to messages within 24 hours. Please see my website for current availability.
