Susanna "Susan" Abraham, BACP

Susanna "Susan" Abraham is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years of experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers a calm, compassionate space where people can bring painful thoughts and feelings. She sets goals together with each person and focuses on what matters most to them.

Susan aims to help people build awareness and find more meaning in life. She uses a gentle way of working that looks at relationships, emotions and practical thinking. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the individual's needs.

People often come to her with anxiety, stress, depression, grief or relationship difficulties. She also works with issues such as addiction, sleep problems, eating concerns and career stress. She pays attention to how early attachments and emotional patterns affect present life.

The approach blends talking, emotional processing and practical coping strategies. Cognitive techniques are used when helpful to change unhelpful thoughts. Emotion-focused work supports people who struggle with intense feelings or relationship pain.

Susan has training in couple and family approaches and a certificate in Emotionally-Focused Therapy for couples. Her background includes integrative counselling study and ongoing practice with a wide range of life challenges. She welcomes people who want steady, practical work towards clearer goals and greater resilience.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and connections. Online sessions using this approach help people notice patterns in relationships and try new ways of communicating and relating. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work, offering empathic listening and support so people can find their own answers; this can be especially useful when someone needs space to talk things through and reflect.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, needs and preferences and collaborate on which methods to try. That way the plan can be adjusted as therapy progresses so sessions match what the person wants to achieve.

Confirm the session formats before booking as they are set by the therapist. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a break, or avoid the need to be on camera if that feels difficult. Many people find it easier to keep a steady rhythm of meetings when sessions can be scheduled around everyday commitments.