Sue Aylott, BACP

Sue Aylott offers calm, straightforward support for people facing midlife change and other life stresses. She writes plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person. Sue encourages practical steps and small changes that can make day-to-day life feel more manageable.

Sue approaches counselling with the idea that clients know their own stories. She works collaboratively, helping people notice patterns that cause pain and find ways to do things differently. Sessions aim to make difficult feelings easier to name and handle rather than overwhelming or confusing.

Over a decade in practice, Sue has supported people with anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief and issues around identity and intimacy. She also helps those coping with addiction, chronic illness, caregiving stress and the emotional impact of adoption or separation. Her background includes work with attachment and relationship difficulties.

Her way of working draws on client-centred methods and cognitive behavioural ideas, alongside attachment-informed understanding. This means Sue focuses on hearing each person fully, exploring unhelpful thinking or behaviour, and noticing how early relationships shape present patterns. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people manage stress and ground themselves in the moment.

Sue is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. To begin, people follow the platform's matching process and book a time that fits their schedule.

How Sue uses therapy approaches online

Sue draws on client-centred counselling and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people manage worries and make practical changes. Client-centred work focuses on being listened to and understood, helping people find their own answers. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at thoughts and behaviours, and offer hands-on tools for reducing anxiety or low mood.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape today's patterns. That approach can help when intimacy, abandonment or longstanding relationship habits cause pain. Together these methods aim to make emotional patterns clearer and to develop new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sue will discuss options with each person and decide together what to try first based on needs and goals. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits. It can also let people choose quieter times for a session or avoid needing to be on camera if they prefer a phone conversation.