Susan Paul, BACP

Susan Paul is a BACP counsellor with ten years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, depression and related challenges. Susan aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters to them and work on clear steps forward.

Her background includes helping clients with ADHD, identity questions including LGBT concerns, bereavement and grief, and difficulties around eating and sleeping. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain and compassion fatigue. Susan emphasises each person’s strengths and believes clients know their story best.

Therapy with Susan is framed as a collaborative process. She offers guidance and encouragement while helping people reflect, set priorities and try new ways of coping. Sessions focus on simple, doable changes rather than abstract theory.

Susan describes the first session as a chance to understand immediate needs and agree practical goals. Ongoing work may include talking through emotions, building routine supports, and practising new skills for handling stress and low mood.

People who prefer a direct, supportive counsellor who uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques may find her approach helpful. She invites anyone ready to take a step towards change to begin the matching and booking process.

Evidence-based approaches and how they help online

Susan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and then practise alternative responses to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method is useful for everyday worries, rumination and coping after loss.

Another approach she may draw on emphasises developing small, manageable routines and behavioural changes. That work can improve sleep, energy and mood, and it often helps when stress or ADHD make daily tasks harder.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Susan works with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and what feels doable. She treats this as a joint decision and checks in regularly to adapt the plan as needed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make fitting therapy into day-to-day life easier by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and making it simpler to schedule sessions around work or family commitments. Many people find that being able to join from wherever they are helps therapy become a manageable part of a busy week.