- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Susan
Susan Clayton is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief and parenting strain. She also helps with depression, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and challenges such as ADHD and compassion fatigue. Susan holds BACP accreditation, and she draws on several therapeutic approaches to meet different needs.
Susan keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing and useful to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
She aims to create a calm space where someone can name their worries, try new ways of coping, and decide what matters most for change. Her background includes five years of professional experience working with loss and bereavement, low self-esteem and trauma-related concerns. That work informs a gentle approach when grief or painful memories come up.
She adapts methods to each person's pace rather than following a fixed script. In practice Susan uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful patterns, build new skills and reconnect with their values. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-based ideas among other approaches.
This mix lets her address immediate symptoms and longer-term patterns alike. Susan offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat or messaging to suit different routines. To begin, someone completes a short matching questionnaire and then books a session at a convenient time.
She works collaboratively to set simple, achievable goals.
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Susan helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Susan uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as part of her practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and to clarify what matters so they can act in line with those values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioural changes to reduce symptoms such as anxiety or low mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Susan treats that choice as a collaboration - she will talk through options, try an approach for a few sessions, and adjust based on what helps a person meet their goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins and messaging suits ongoing support between calls. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does Susan help with?
Susan supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions and parenting-related strain. She also works with relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, compassion fatigue and a wide range of life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a practical, down-to-earth style that focuses on what feels most helpful right now. Sessions aim to name immediate problems, try new coping steps and set realistic goals over time.
How much professional experience does she have?
Susan has five years of experience working in the United Kingdom, including work with bereavement, low self-esteem and trauma-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with BACP and practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are offered?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts clients from outside the United Kingdom.
Which session formats are available?
Work can be done through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Fees vary with location and session arrangements; therapy is provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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