Susan Stewart, BACP
Susan Stewart is a counsellor with 14 years of experience helping people manage depression, anxiety and overwhelming life events.
About Susan
Susan Stewart is a counsellor with 14 years of experience helping people manage depression, anxiety and overwhelming life events. She offers a calm, down-to-earth approach so clients can talk openly about hard things. Her style aims to make conversations straightforward and practical rather than full of jargon.
Susan believes people know their own stories and already carry strengths to draw on. She listens without judgement and helps clients name what feels difficult.
Background and approach
Conversations often focus on what matters now and what small steps feel possible next. She uses trauma-focused methods when past harm affects daily life. That means taking care with difficult memories and moving at a pace the client can handle.
She also works in a client-centred way, following the person’s lead, and explores meaning and purpose with existential ideas when people want to think about values and direction. Susan has supported people through grief, loss and the strain of caregiving. She also helps with self-esteem, panic attacks, relationship patterns such as codependency and issues linked to past abuse.
Her experience includes end-of-life and hospice-related conversations for those facing difficult decisions. Sessions can be a mix of talking, practical problem solving and reflecting on life choices. Susan will help people identify coping tools and try out small changes between meetings.
She aims to be steady and clear while people work through painful memories and rebuild confidence.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 180204 | December 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Susan lists
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Online support
Trauma-Focused Therapy aims to reduce the hold of distressing memories and responses. Online work of this kind moves at a careful pace, with attention to grounding and stabilising tools before addressing painful material. It can help when past abuse, dissociation or post-traumatic stress affects daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and preferences. That choice can change over time as people try different ways of working together.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, caregiving or mobility constraints.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Susan commonly help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and trauma-related issues. Other focuses include grief, self-esteem, panic attacks and caregiver strain.
What kind of therapeutic approach does she use?
Her work blends client-centred listening, trauma-focused care and some existential ideas about meaning. This mix is used to match the person’s needs and goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, grief and compassion fatigue.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and holds BACP as her listed credential.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and arrange sessions based on the therapist’s availability.
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