Virginie Sussest

Counselling is definitely a passion and vocation; before Virginie's initial training with Chrysalis, then with Place 2 Be and CPPD she never felt any real attraction to any career path, but when she started my training she felt that this was the right career direction.

Since a very young age Virginie always had an interest in human nature; why people do what they do, what motivate them, how different upbringing will impact one's life perceptions, interests, interactions and motivations. Virginie has a real passion for assisting people on their personal journey to changer and she is so grateful to be able to share this passionateness with others future Counsellor.

Her training was integrative, what she liked about integrative counselling is that it brings together different components of specific therapy allowing me to be flexible and focus on the whole of an individual. She can adapt to meet individual needs and concerns. When working with clients her main modules of working are Client-Centre, psychodynamic and TA. Virginie feels that Client-Centre has great value in allowing clients to feel safe and understood as well as building a strong therapeutic alliance; she incorporates Psychodynamic to link how past experience will impact the here and now, as well as TA to understand how clients interact within the world and how they create a relationship; as Virginie believes there is a fine line between nature and nurture and the way we are brought up will shape the way ones relate to the world in adulthood.

Virginie's areas of practice include bereavement, anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, bullying and addiction.

Virginie is an Accredited member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society. To view Virginie's profile click here.