Susan Matthews
Registered Member MBACP
Contact information
- Phone number
- 07826 640428
Features
- Flexible hours available
- Concessionary rates
Availability
My normal availability is between 7:45pm and 9:30pm Monday to Thursday. I can also do daytime sessions if required. I offer both on-line sessions and face to face.
About me and my therapy practice
You may experience distressing, difficult and painful feelings, or perhaps would like to talk something through and feel heard and understood, or change or develop aspects of your life. I can provide a safe place to talk, tailored to your needs. Currently providing an evening service in Central Aberdeen, I am a fully qualified and experienced, Integrative and Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. I have experience in a wide range of life issues, as well as experience in the commercial world and understand how your job can affect your well-being and relationships.
Talking therapies that provide an enriched environment, through an attuned therapeutic relationship with me, can bring about permanent, positive changes through a new way of being or thinking. I offer a safe place for you to explore the things that are important to you, helping you to develop insights that can help you manage your life.
Your individuality around your life story and what you may want from counselling is unique to you. My integrative training means I can work with you in a way that is best for you. We can find out together if solution-focused brief therapy, short-term counselling or longer-term in-depth therapy would suit you. I am also a Humanistic therapist and as such, focus on self-development, growth and personal responsibility, to help you recognise your strengths, creativity and your choices for your life.
Practice description
I run a private practice in central Aberdeen, catering for an out of hours counselling service
My first session
We would normally use the first session to get a brief, initial understanding of the issues that you bring and the work that you want to do. It will be important to establish how we may work together and that our working relationship feels right to you.
What I can help with
Abuse, AIDS/HIV, Anxiety, Bereavement, Business coaching, Cancer, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Infertility, Life coaching, Loss, Obsessions, OCD, Personal development, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Service veterans, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Humanistic, Integrative, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Relational, Transactional analysis
Clients I work with
Adults, Older adults, Young people
How I deliver therapy
Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy