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My name is Liz Sumner I am also a qualified and experienced Supervisor, Lecturer and Trainer and a BUPA approved therapist.

Being an accredited member of BACP demonstrates to employers, the public and my peers my capacity for independent, competent, ethical practice and my commitment to on-going continuous professional development.

Currently under a quarter of BACP members have been awarded accreditation. I am also on the UK’s official accredited voluntary register for Counsellors and Psychotherapists.

The BACP Register is the first psychological therapists’ register to be accredited under a new scheme set up by the Department of Health and administered by an independent body, accountable to Parliament. All of this means you can be assured of a professional, ethical service.

I run my practice from my home in Wilmslow. I offer complete privacy and discretion in a recently renovated house which means you will be comfortable and safe. I am fully insured to work from home. There is ample parking either on the driveway or on the road directly outside.

You have probably found this site because you are thinking about accessing counselling yourself or maybe you are looking on behalf of someone else. I understand this can feel daunting and there is a lot of information for you to consider, so I have tried to make this site as helpful as possible.

You will get a feel for the type of therapy I offer and my experience and background. I have also included some useful links and a simple enquiry form if you did want to get in touch

Mind

Mind is a mental health charity in England and Wales. Founded in 1946 as the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH), it celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2006.

Mind offers information and advice to people with mental health problems and lobbies government and local authorities on their behalf. It also works to raise public awareness and understanding of issues relating to mental health.Since 1982, it has awarded an annual prize for "Book of the Year" having to do with mental health, in addition to three other prizes.

Over 180 local Mind associations (independent, affiliated charities) provide services such as supported housing, floating support schemes, care homes, drop-in centres and self-help support groups. Local Mind associations are often very different in size, make up and character—it is a common misconception that they all work to the same policy and procedural framework. Mind is a national brand but all local associations are unique, although they do all sign up to certain shared aims and ethical guidelines.

for more information Mind
go to >> www.mind.org.uk

BACP

BACP seeks to advise and inform national and international policy and procedures concerned with counselling and psychotherapy, offering information and guidance to those involved in the process.

Through regular consultation, the Association continues to offer advice, as appropriate, to the Governments throughout the UK on all counselling and psychotherapy matters. BACP is consulted by government bodies, professional bodies, funding organisations, teaching institutions and many others on important issues concerning counselling and psychotherapy.

The association is strongly committed to high practice standards and the protection of the public. This work is of the utmost importance in view of the approaching statutory regulation of counselling and psychotherapy.

Relate

Relate is a charity providing relationship support throughout the United Kingdom. Services include counselling for couples, families, young people and individuals, sex therapy, mediation and training courses.
It was founded in 1938 as the National Marriage Guidance Council, after a clergyman, Herbert Gray, noted that the divorce rate was increasing.
A co-founder was eugenicist Dr Edward Fyfe Griffith.

Relate adopted its current name on Valentine's Day 1988. In the 1990s, Relate's public profile increased after Princess Diana became its patron in 1989.
Today, Relate sees over 150,000 clients a year, at more than 600 locations across the UK.[2]

In 2006, Relate opened the Relate Institute, the UK's first Centre of Excellence for the study of relationships, in partnership with Doncaster College and the University of Hull.

for more information about Relate go to www.relate.org.uk

NHS Choices

NHS Choices (www.nhs.uk) is the UK’s biggest health website. It provides a comprehensive health information service to help put you in control of your healthcare.
The website helps you make choices about your health, from decisions about your lifestyle, such as smoking, drinking and exercise, to finding and using NHS services in England.

NHS Choices includes more than 20,000 regularly updated articles. There are also hundreds of thousands of entries in more than 50 directories that you can use to find, choose and compare health services in England.

• The site draws together the knowledge and expertise of:
• NHS Evidence, formerly the National Library for Health
• the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
• the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
• many other health and social care organisations
Along with articles and reports, the site offers hundreds of videos, interactive tools and listings that allow you to compare services, such as hospitals, GPs, care homes or dentists. You can also rate and comment on any service.

The site lets you create your own private user account and you can have content personalised for you on the NHS Choices homepage.

This is a automated translation system allows most content to be displayed in more than 50 languages.

Samaritans

Samaritans (until 2002 known as The Samaritans) is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their telephone helpline.

The name comes from the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, though the organisation is secular.[5] Its international network exists under the name Befrienders Worldwide, which is part of the Volunteer Emotional Support Helplines (VESH) with Lifeline International and the International Federation of Telephone.

Further information regarding Samaritans go to www.samaritans.org

Rape Crisis

Rape Crisis (England and Wales) is the national umbrella organisation for Rape Crisis Centresacross England and Wales. As a registered charity, Rape Crisis also works to raise awareness of sexual violence and campaign for change.

Rape Crisis runs a freephone helpline for people who want to talk about what has happened to them. Specialist support is also available at Rape Crisis Centres which are located throughout the UK. Rape Crisis is independent of the government and criminal justice system, and its services are available irrespective of whether or not the person wants to report the assault. In fact, only around 10% of the people who use Rape Crisis services also report the assault to the police.

For more information about Rape Crisis www.rapecrisis.org

Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse Bereavement Care promotes the well-being of bereaved people and enables anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. As well providing free care to all bereaved people, the charity also offers information, support and training services to those who are looking after them.

Founded in 1959 in Richmond upon Thames, Cruse has areas and branches across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. The first branch of Cruse Scotland opened in the late 1960s, and by the mid 1990s there were 28 branches.

For more information about www.cruse.org.uk