About Susan
Susan Chown works in the client-centred tradition, focusing on what each person needs in the room. She draws on a decade of experience to help people facing relationship problems, trauma, grief and intimacy-related concerns. Susan speaks plainly and offers steady support as people take steps toward change.
Her background includes ten years of professional practice in the United Kingdom and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
How Susan works
She places emphasis on listening first, helping people name what matters and then exploring realistic next steps. Sessions aim to build on the strengths a person already has. Susan helps people with anxiety, depression and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.
She also supports those coping with stress, addiction and compassion fatigue. Practical issues like sleep, eating, career decisions and parenting strain are part of her work too. She offers help with attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and commitment issues, and relationship difficulties including separation and domestic violence aftermath.
Chronic health challenges, caregiver stress and codependency are also within her scope. Sessions can include discussions about sexuality and LGBT concerns, body image and self-esteem. Susan approaches these topics with an open, non-judgemental attitude and focuses on what the person wants to change.
People can expect calm, straightforward conversations that centre their experience. Susan helps people find small, achievable steps to improve day-to-day coping and restore a sense of control.
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What Susan works with
The areas below are the ones Susan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Client-centred care and online access
Susan works from a client-centred framework that places the person at the heart of sessions. This approach emphasises active listening, acceptance and supporting the individual's own choices. It is useful for relationship issues, grief and emotional recovery after trauma because it centres personal values and goals.Her practice also supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, stress and addiction through straightforward, person-led conversations. The client-centred style helps people identify strengths and decide on small, manageable steps to improve everyday coping and wellbeing.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and the therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what fits best. Together they will consider needs, goals and preferences and adapt how sessions are run to suit those choices.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection is helpful. Phone sessions suit those who prefer not to use video or who need a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it possible to fit therapy into workdays, busy family routines or when travel is difficult, while keeping the focus on progress and goals.
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