About Susan
Susan Clayton is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and a wide range of life challenges. Susan brings five years of practice and a calm, respectful manner to conversations about difficult topics.
People come to her with relationship strain, parenting pressures, addiction concerns and trauma or abuse. She also helps with intimacy-related questions, self-esteem struggles, career stresses and the ups and downs of bipolar or ADHD.
How Susan works
Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family concerns, eating and substance problems, and questions around kink and alternative sexual culture. Susan adapts her approach to each person. She uses client-centred work to listen deeply and build trust.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools to teach practical coping skills. Sessions are conversational and straightforward. She works at a pace set by the person and focuses on realistic steps to feel better and manage daily life.
She aims to be warm and non-judgemental while helping people make sense of painful experiences. Susan is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
To start, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
Susan lists 10 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Susan commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and values, and then take small steps toward a life they care about. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical techniques to manage mood and anxiety.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Susan will talk with each person about their goals, needs and preferences and choose techniques that fit. That collaborative process means methods can change as progress is made or new needs appear.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling easier to fit into daily life. Video calls are good for in-depth conversation and visual contact, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier on the go, while text and chat options suit quicker check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats give flexibility to work around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical help and steady progress.
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