About Susan
Susan Claridge offers calm, steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and big life changes. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that feel manageable. Her manner is warm and respectful and she aims to help people gain clarity and build coping skills.
With 11 years counselling experience and a background of over 30 years in social care, Susan draws on long experience with adults and carers in community and residential settings.
How Susan works
She has worked alongside charitable organisations providing counselling to survivors of abuse and has supported people with bereavement, health worries and relationship difficulties. Susan tailors sessions to each person’s needs rather than following a single method. She uses client-centred ways of working that put the person’s own priorities first.
She also takes elements from psychodynamic ideas to help people understand patterns that repeat over time. When helpful she brings in solution-focused techniques to identify small, realistic steps and build momentum. Sessions are straightforward and practical, with time to talk through feelings and plan concrete next steps between meetings.
Susan is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging from the United Kingdom. If someone wants to begin, they follow the platform matching steps and then book sessions that suit them.
Susan lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Susan’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s own concerns at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows what feels important to the person, helping them find their own solutions and build confidence.Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns that repeat over time and how past experiences shape current feelings and relationships. It can help when someone wants to understand why certain problems keep returning rather than just fixing a single symptom.
Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on practical steps and small changes that move things forward quickly. It works well for people who want concrete strategies and short-term goals they can try between sessions.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that match the person’s needs, goals and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches as required.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let people read facial expression and tone, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, while live chat or text-based messaging can suit those who prefer writing or want quick check-ins. These options make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life and to continue work from different locations.
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