About Susan
Susan Clayton is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She works with many common difficulties such as grief, depression, relationship tensions, addiction and low self-esteem. Susan is a BACP practitioner with five years' experience and offers a straightforward, respectful way of working.
In sessions she listens first, then helps people identify what matters most to them. She draws on practical methods to reduce distress and build coping skills.
Background and approach
Conversations are paced to suit each person rather than following a rigid script. Susan uses a mix of approaches depending on the issue and the person. She may introduce skills for managing strong emotions, strategies to change unhelpful thinking patterns, or exercises that focus on values and meaningful action.
Attachment themes and relationship patterns are explored when relevant. Her background includes work as a bereavement counsellor, supporting people through loss and life change. That experience shapes a calm, empathetic style when difficult topics arise.
She aims to make sessions feel manageable even when problems seem overwhelming. People can expect clear explanations of suggested steps and options. Susan helps set small, achievable goals and reviews progress together.
The emphasis is on practical support so people can cope better day to day and move toward the life they want.
How Susan’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It uses practical exercises to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action, which can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. In sessions Susan may teach simple ways to spot unhelpful thinking and practise new behaviours that reduce stress and improve daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Susan will talk through options and make choices with each person based on their goals, needs and comfort level. This collaborative process helps tailor techniques so they fit the person's life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat allows quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats can make it easier to maintain continuity of care and practise new skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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