Suzie Chick
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About me
Thanks so much for visiting my page. My name is Suzie and I'm a qualified psychotherapist with over a decade of experience.
I have a special interest and expertise in burnout, having not only suffered with it myself in the past but also having worked with many clients helping them recover to live a more balanced and meaningful life.
I’ve also worked successfully with a wide range of issues including anxiety, divorce, depression, narcissistic parenting and childhood sexual abuse (to name but a few).
A little about me...after graduating from university in London, I trained as an accountant, later specialising in Forensic work with one of the Big Four firms. After 10 years of working hard in the City, I experienced the inevitable burnout. Through this process, a breakdown resulted in a breakthrough. I decided the corporate career ladder wasn't for me and to head in a different direction.
I've always been fascinated about why we do/say/feel/think the things we do and I wanted to help others like I had been helped when I was struggling. And so I went back to school and graduated as a qualified psychotherapist and a registered member of BACP and UKCP six years later. And the rest as they say is history!
Please watch my short You Tube video below which introduces me and my practice
https://youtu.be/7pa80QJwztg
Please note I work mainly online via Zoom. I also see clients for in-person therapy from my private room in Guildford, Surrey.
Please contact me to arrange an initial call (at no cost or obligation) to discuss how we might take things forward, including a possible first session.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am trained as an integrative, transpersonal psychotherapist.
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 is accredited by the BACP and UKCP (see below for info on these two organisations). 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 in the past but also having worked with many clients helping them recover to live a more balanced and meaningful 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.
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Please see my website for further details as to my availability.
