Susanne Wigram

Mondays - Thursdays: daytime and evening

I am an experienced, senior accredited counsellor and supervisor. I have worked in various therapeutic settings including private practice, drug and alcohol intervention, charitable counselling services, and in management of a counselling service. I am on the register of Employee Assistance Programmes and some private health providers. I have a BA (Hons) in counselling therapy, a post-grad. Diploma in counselling supervision, a certificate in trauma informed counselling and coaching skills.

We will talk about the challenges you face, explore the way you feel and how this affects you. How you can work towards a more fulfilling and happy life, healthy relationships, manage stress and anxiety better, recover from low mood and depression. You might want to to explore your pain in grief, loss, abuse, addiction, or find relief from distressing emotions such as anger, fear, jealousy or panic. We can reflect on how your life experience, and traumas might have impacted on you, your coping strategies, and your way of perceiving yourself. This will help us to find ways to change yourself and how you live your life.

You may feel disappointed with the way life has worked out for you, feel hopeless or fearful of the future or may search for new meaning in life. Therapy can be a painful process, but as we engage in an open dialogue we can explore possibilities that will lead to a more fulfilling life, emotional well-being and increasingly satisfying relationships. 

Clients have reported a growth in self-confidence and self-awareness, relief from depression and anxiety, overcame obstacles preventing reduction of substance misuse, gained a clearer sense of self, found a way through complicated relationships, made sense of the pain of loss and bereavement and have recovered from past trauma.

Fees:

£40 for initial consultation (50 min)

£60 for subsequent sessions (60 min)

Free parking at rear; 3 min walk from Northwood Hills Underground station; good bus connections

I rent a room in a church/community building. There's disabled access provision, and a free car park at the rear of the building. Despite being near a main road, we meet in a quiet room on the second floor. 

The first appointment will be an assessment. An opportunity for you to meet with me in my place of work or online, ask questions, and get a sense of whether working with me in therapy will be a helpful way forward for you. 

It allows me to hear from you what you hope to work through, what your goals are and assess whether I will have the experience and professional expertise you are looking for. 

When you decide to continue, we will discuss a counselling agreement that explains confidentiality, data protection and more.