About Susan
Susan (Susy) Putnam helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem and life changes. She supports those managing grief, trauma and compassion fatigue, and people seeking help with parenting, career questions, ADHD and LGBT issues. Susy also offers support around intimacy, anger, body image and feelings of isolation.
Susy takes a gentle, reflective approach in sessions. She keeps the person at the centre and works at a pace that feels manageable.
How Susan works
Sessions aim to be warm and empathic, with practical steps and moments for quiet reflection when needed. Her way of working blends several therapy styles. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early relationships affect current patterns.
Client-centred principles keep the focus on the person’s experience and choices. Psychodynamic and existential perspectives help to uncover deeper patterns and questions about meaning. Susy uses mindfulness and guided visualisation as practical tools clients can use between sessions.
She draws on experience from education and community settings, including time teaching in prisons and working in different countries. Susy has seven years of practice and holds BACP registration, which is listed as BACP. Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
The style is collaborative and down-to-earth, aimed at helping someone find clearer ways of coping and making decisions that fit their life.
Susan lists 5 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationship patterns. It helps people understand why they respond in certain ways and supports changes in how they relate to others.Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the work. The therapist listens without judgement and helps the client find their own solutions and choices.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention skills and grounding practices. These tools can reduce reactivity to stress and help with anxiety, difficult emotions and concentration challenges.
Choosing the right approach is a shared task. Susy will discuss options based on a person’s goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. She adapts techniques over time so the work stays relevant to changing needs.
Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals and include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video suits in-depth conversations and visual connection, phone works well when lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can fit around busy days or provide ongoing written check-ins. These formats give flexibility to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
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