Suzanne McCall

My main working day for offering therapy/supervision is a monday.  General working hours are 08.30 to 5.30pm.  I am currently also offering some friday mornings where a Monday is not possible but this is likely to be 2 friday mornings per month; many clients i find do not wish to have weekly sessions.  I can be contacted for enquiries at any time during the week and aim to respond promptly.  Texting to make initial contact/enquiries is fine.

I offer face to face sessions dependant on the national picture of covid infections. I am able also to offer zoom or teams virtual working which I have found many clients find efficient in terms of their time and travel. I also continue to offer telephone sessions.

As a senior accredited counsellor/psychotherapist with BACP I offer therapy and supervision. I have over 30 years experience developing humanistic, professional, enabling relationships, and as a qualified counsellor over 20 years.

My four main areas of working in private practice is as

1. An integrative therapist undertaking short and long term therapy with adults

2.  As a counsellor who has worked within Child and Adolescent Mental Health for 20 years I also offer specialist knowledge in working with adolescents over the age of 14.  

3.  I also find it is often very useful for parents who are worried about their son/daughter to have parent consultations with me and sometimes this work is enough without proceeding to working with the young person themselves.  For example a young person may not be ready for counselling themselves but parents are confused and worried and can benefit greatly from one or two consultations.  Parents also benefit from understanding what services are available other than private counselling to support their son or daughter

4. I also provide supervision for therapists in practice with adults and for those working with young people where my specialist CAMH experience is very useful.   I also provide supervision for small groups (up to 4), for trainees and for organisations. The rates for the above supervision do vary from £45 to £60 per hour with some concessions for trainees.

Feedback from my clients over many years has always highlighted my ability to facilitate a working environment that has enabled them to work in a relaxed, supportive but also usefully challenging relationship. Many clients fear judgement and I understand this and work actively to create a non-judgemental relationship: no safe or productive therapy can take place without a fundamental trust in this respect. I also focus on working flexibly with clients to meet their needs which may not always be weekly therapy.

All my work is underpinned by a fundamentally humanistic approach.  In our lives all of us encounter challenges, distress and confusion and a confidential (within the terms of the legal framework and the ethical guidelines) place to think through these issues and progress to a new understanding is experienced by the vast majority of clients as very helpful and allows change.

first sessions are usually approximately one hour but the normal fee of £45 applies.

In the first session we will hope to get an understanding of what you wish to work on, how this might be done, and if we feel that we can usefully work together.  I encourage all clients to step back for reflection after the first session and contact me via text 24-48 hours after if they wish to continue.