- Person-centred care
- Practical coping skills
- Longstanding experience
About Susan
Susan Walker is a counsellor with more than two decades of experience supporting people facing stress and anxiety. She works with concerns such as relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression and addictions. She aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can talk about what matters to them and take steps toward a more satisfying life.
Susan uses a person-centred approach that puts the client's perspective at the centre of sessions. She combines this with practical methods drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people manage thoughts and feelings. Hypnotherapy and techniques from dialectical behaviour therapy are also among the tools she may use when helpful.
Across 25 years of practice Susan adapts her conversations to each person's needs. She focuses on clear goals, skills for coping with strong emotions, and practical steps to improve day-to-day functioning. That can mean working on communication, stress management, or rebuilding confidence after difficult experiences.
People often come with problems linked to family life, grief, parenting pressures or work-related stress. Susan also supports those dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, chronic caregiver strain, and challenges faced by first responders.
Sessions are offered in English from the United Kingdom, and she accepts international clients. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own perspective. The counsellor listens carefully and responds with empathy to help people find their own solutions. This approach suits people who want a supportive space to explore feelings and decisions.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting led by them, and to choose actions guided by personal values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and gives practical exercises to test unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and priorities and suggest methods that fit those aims. Work may start with a person-centred conversation and introduce other techniques as needed to meet the client's goals.
Please confirm the available session formats before booking, since the profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when helpful. They can also support people who are based outside the counsellor's local area, while still letting the therapist and client focus on the everyday problems they want to change.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Susan works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, addictions, grief and parenting-related strain.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
Sessions centre on a person-centred style that respects the client's experience, combined with techniques from CBT, ACT, DBT and hypnotherapy when relevant to the person's goals.
How much experience does the counsellor have?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with people across a broad range of emotional and relationship issues.
Where is the counsellor based and what credential is held?
The therapist practices in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration as supplied in her profile.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and the therapist accepts international clients according to the profile details.
What session formats are available for working together?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not specify particular formats.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.