Sue Akehurst

About this Service

I offer Person Centred and creative supervision for counsellors and other professionals. My approach is to offer high levels of supprt for exploration and learning from experience as well as offering high levels of challenge. I believe that development as a therapist comes from the freedom to explore, experience and think within the safety of a clearly boundaried, accepting supervisory relationship.

Experience, Focus Areas and Condition Specialisations

• Abuse
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Cultural or Race Issues
• Depression
• General Counselling
• Health Related Issues
• Loss
• Personal Development
• Self Harm
• Stress

Therapeutic Approach

• Creative Therapy
• Person Centred
• Phenomenological
• Relational
• Transpersonal

Working Mode(s)

• Long-Term, Face-to-Face
• Short-Term, Face-to-Face
• Time-Limited

Qualifications

I’ve been counselling since 1995, and work with individuals including adolescents, both long term and short term. I offer a safely boundaried relationship where we work with openness, sensitivity and challenge. My experience includes Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Primary Care (GP counsellor for 7 years), college counselling and private practice since 2003. My private practice includes work for Employee Assistance Programmes and work for insurers. I’m a BACP Senior Accredited and Registered Counsellor with a Diploma in Person Centred Counselling from University of Warwick, 1998, Certificate in Person Centred Art Therapy Skills, 2002, PostGraduate Diploma in CBT for Person Centred Therapists, 2009. I also have a qualification in Supervision from Temenos and am in training to become a Focusing Practitioner. Before training as a counsellor I was a Senior Lecturer in Further Education, mainly teaching languages to adults and adolescents on really diverse courses such as BTEC, Access, A levels, HND, as well as teaching languages in industry. I’ve a PGCE, a BA and an MA in French literature.

Identification

This practitioner prefers to be identified as: Counsellor, Supervisor

Types of Supervision

• Group
• Individual
• Trainee

Ethical Framework

• BACP

Accreditation

• BACP Senior Accred