- Years in practice
- 13
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Susan
Susan Hewitt is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 13 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression and issues with self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions and parenting challenges.
Susan creates a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what matters to them. She aims to listen carefully and reflect back what she hears, so clients feel understood and clearer about next steps.
Background and approach
Sessions are paced to suit each person rather than following a fixed timetable. Her approach draws on attachment-based ways of thinking, client-centred practice and cognitive behavioural methods. That means she pays attention to patterns in relationships, follows the person’s lead, and works on practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts or behaviours.
Mindfulness and narrative ideas are also used to help people notice patterns and reframe difficult experiences. People often come for help with grief, parenting strain, sleep or eating problems, anger, and trauma-related reactions. She also offers support around career stress, ageing concerns, chronic illness and body image difficulties.
Susan aims to match techniques to the person and the issue at hand. If someone is curious about beginning counselling, she encourages a short initial conversation to see if the fit feels right. That chat usually covers goals, what a typical session looks like, and practical arrangements for ongoing work.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative 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.
How therapeutic approaches work online with a counsellor
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections. Online sessions can look at repeating patterns, emotional responses and ways to form safer connections in everyday life. Client-centred practice places the person’s experience at the heart of the work; the counsellor follows the client’s pace, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviours with practical exercises and short tasks between sessions to build new habits.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will explore what you want to change, discuss different methods, and agree a way forward together. That shared planning helps match techniques to your goals and preferences rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face contact when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, shorter updates or people who find words easier in writing. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare and travel while keeping the focus on the therapeutic work itself.
Questions people ask about Susan
What kinds of problems does Susan help with?
Susan works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting and grief.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and person-centred, focusing on listening first and then using practical strategies. She mixes attachment-based thinking with cognitive approaches and mindfulness when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 13 years of professional experience working with people across many concerns and life stages.
What credentials and country does she work in?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are paid through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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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