Susan John, BACP, NCPS

Susan John is a counsellor who uses a holistic, client-centred style to help people through difficult times. She brings together talking and body-aware techniques to help people notice where emotions live in the body and how thoughts and feelings connect. Susan believes people have strengths they can draw on to move forward.

Susan works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing relationship difficulties, grief, trauma and challenges around identity and LGBT issues. Midlife crisis and career changes are among the life transitions she helps people navigate.

Her approach blends Client-Centred Therapy with Emotionally-Focused Therapy, mindfulness work and hypnotherapy as appropriate. That blend allows flexible sessions that focus either on emotional processing or on practical coping strategies. She offers short-term work for immediate coping and longer conversations for deeper change.

Susan has four years of experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. She works with adults and young people and aims to be open, honest and non-judgmental in sessions. Her style is warm and empathic, with an emphasis on exploring vulnerabilities to build insight.

People who choose to work with her can expect a collaborative process. She will listen to current needs and suggest ways of working together that match those goals. Practical strategies, emotional processing and gradual change are all part of the path forward.

How Susan’s approaches translate to online therapy

Susan uses Client-Centred Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy in ways that suit online work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own solutions, which can fit well into remote conversations. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people access and express painful emotions to shift those patterns.

These approaches are explained and chosen together. The therapist will help the person identify which approach is likely to meet their goals and adjust how sessions are run as needs change. That collaborative planning is part of the early sessions and can be revisited at any time.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy day and reducing travel time, which can make regular work easier to keep up. Online work can also allow shorter check-ins or paced sessions when life is hectic. Because the biography does not specify formats, please confirm the exact session options before booking to ensure they meet your needs.