Qualifications
EMDR training, parts 1, 2 and 3 - Ines Santos
Post Graduate Diploma in Contemporary Trauma Practice (level 7) - Relational Change/Miriam Taylor
BA(Hons) Humanistic/Integrative Counselling, 1st (level 6) – Middlesex University/Peter Symonds College
Advanced Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (level 5) – Alton College
Foundations of Analytical Psychology - Society of Analytical Psychologists
NCFE Level 3 Counselling Skills and Theory – Alton College
NCFE Level 2 Counselling Skills – Alton College
NCFE Level 2 Mental Health Awareness – Eastleigh College
NCFE Level 1 Introduction to Counselling Skills - Alton CollegeThese qualifications have included training in:
Trauma therapy
Attachment theory
Person-Centred therapy
Gestalt and existential therapy
Transactional analysis
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Creative approaches
Working with couples and young people
Working with addictions
Human psychological developmentProfessional Development
Transformational Chair Work - Scott Kellogg and Amanda Garcia Torres
Working with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse - Christiane Sanderson
Attachment Theory - Victoria Settle
Working Therapeutically with Self-injury and Self harm - Dr Andrew Reeves
Body Dysmorphic Disorder - Dr Nicole Schnackenberg
Trauma Informed Stabilisation Treatment - Janina Fisher
Anxiety: Attachment, Neuroscience and the Body - Victoria Settle et al
PG Dip extension: Trauma, Oppression and the Body - Miriam Taylor
Love in Psychotherapy - Prof Divine Charura et al
Prescribed Drug Dependence - Prof Rosemary Risq
Narcissism and Working with the Children of Narcissists - Prof Julia Buckroyd
Single Session Therapy - Windy Dryden
Perspectives on Bereavement and Grief - Dr Erin Hope et al
Client assessment and Initial Consultation - Basingstoke Counselling Service
Playfulness in Psychotherapy - Graham Music
Disordered Eating or Eating Disorders: Communication, Disconnection and Food - Prof Julia Buckroyd et al
Health Anxiety - Dr Laurence Church
Male Mental Health, Risk and Counselling - Dr Andrew Reeves
Body Image: Skin, Identity and the Gaze in Psychotherapy - Dr Nicole Schnackenberg and Jeff Lane
Suicide: Myth, Meaning and Management - Dr Paul Watten
Family Therapy within the context of Domestic Violence - Family Counselling Trust (Hampshire)
Safeguarding Children, level 3 - The National Skills Academy
Family Therapy and Family Dynamics - Graham Shavick
Music and Movement in Therapy - UCL
Working Online - OU/BACP
Motherhood and Mental Illness - Dr Emma Haynes
Eating Disorders - Rochelle Craig
Existential Therapy and the Art of Living - Prof Emmy van Deurzen
Attachment Theory as a Paradigm for Psychological Therapies - Dr Gwen Adshead
Self-Harm, Self-Care and the Way Between - Dr Maggie Turp
Trauma-Informed Stabilisation Treatment - Dr Janina Fisher
Substance Misuse as a Secondary Problem - Alison Hunt
The Rewind Technique - Tom Buckland
Biodynamic Body Psychotherapy/Beyond the Defence Mechanism - Gillie Gilbert/Michelle Quoilin
Attachment - Sir Richard Bowlby/HACP
Emotional Anatomy (trauma) - Tony Buckley/The Bereavement Counselling Charity
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - The Rowans Hospice/Phil Russell
Empathy for Self and Others: an introduction to focusing – Russell Kendell and John Threadgold
Bereavement and Loss in Adults and Children – The Bereavement Counselling Charity
Onsite Intervention Work in the Aftermath of a Traumatic Incident - Jonathon Lake
Mental Health and Safeguarding - Radian
Emergency First Aid at Work - British Red Cross
Level 3 Child Protection Training - The Skills Platform
Working with Sand Trays - The Bereavement Counselling Charity
Deep Play and Deep Drama - Dr Sue Jennings/HACP
Experience
I am an accredited member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and also belong to the HACP (Hampshire Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). Further training each year is mandatory, in order to maintain these professional registrations. All members have undertaken recognised and rigorous training, work to a strict code of practice and ethics and are fully insured to practice.
I saw my first counselling clients back in 2013 and now have my own private practice.
I have also worked with Frontline-19, providing psychological support and therapy for medical staff and paramedics; an employee assistance programme (EAP); Victim Support; The Firefighters Charity; The Bereavement Counselling Charity; The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire, providing emotional support for carers; The Family Counselling Trust in Hampshire; and a tenant's counselling service administered by Radian (a social housing provider) - this work was often with young people from disruptive backgrounds, establishing themselves in their first homes and jobs.
My first career was as a clinical physiologist, specialising in cardiology. I re-trained as a counsellor after raising my family.
Although no longer practicing as such, I am also a qualified reflexologist, with a diploma in reflexology with anatomy and physiology. I am therefore passionate about holistic practice and the mind-body connection.
Testimonials
'Suzy - your smile is genuine and so are you. You have a rare quality of portraying serenity and calm, within your client work.'
'The sessions with you have made such a difference to me. I think back to when I first met you and how I was feeling then, compared to how I am feeling now - they are poles apart.'
'My grief has been shared and my mind has been opened.'
'Thank you so much for all your help, advice and support. I really don't know where I would be, if I didn't make the decision to seek help from you. It's been a journey, to be sure but you have helped me to give me the tools I need to develop my confidence and now lead a happy life. I recognise that I have come a long way. I am embracing my life now.'
'You have helped me through the most difficult period of my life. I feel I am moving forward again. Thank you so much.'
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Suzy Carter - Psychotherapeutic counsellor also providing counselling to residents of Pelynt, Polperro and Fowey, Lerryn, Lostwithiel and Bodmin, Callington, Saltash, St Germans, Torpoint, Plymouth and Tavistock and all surrounding areas of East Cornwall and South West Devon
