Counsellor profile
Susan Jackson, HCPC, BACP
Based in United Kingdom · 10 years of experience
Dramatherapy and trauma-informed counselling
Continue with SusanAt a glance
- Registrations
- HCPC, United Kingdom (AS017916); BACP, United Kingdom (118200)
- Qualifications
- HCPC, BACP
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Susan supplied to BetterHelp.
- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- CBT and hypnotherapy
About Susan
HCPC, BACP. Susan Jackson has 10 years of experience as a dramatherapist and trauma-informed counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and addictions. Her practice also covers issues such as LGBT concerns, intimacy-related problems, sleeping difficulties, anger and self-esteem.
Susan combines dramatherapy and talking therapy with other approaches she uses in practice. She describes dramatherapy as a chance to explore feelings through creative activity such as art, music, poetry or movement when clients want that option. Clinical hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural techniques are part of her work when they suit a person’s goals.
Her stated starting point is that clients are experts in their own stories and that therapy is a collaborative process. She works to help people notice strengths and build on them to manage life changes, career challenges, compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. She also lists a range of focus areas including attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, commitment and communication difficulties, and problems related to chronic illness and pain.
Sessions address a number of personality and dissociative concerns she notes, such as avoidant or dependent personality features, dissociation, emptiness and control issues. She also notes work related to body image, cancer, and family problems.
Susan offers counselling in English and does not accept international clients. Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin she asks people to use the site button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches are used in online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what the client says so people can clarify their own thoughts and choices; it suits issues where exploring feelings and deciding on next steps are the aim.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical tasks to change patterns that maintain problems such as anxiety or low mood.
Hypnotherapy in her work is presented as a therapeutic technique that can support behaviour change and symptom management when combined with talking approaches.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before, and then agree which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
Confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use these benefits to help people maintain continuity of care and apply therapeutic techniques between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work on?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and addictions, among other issues.
What style of counselling does she use?
Her approach combines dramatherapy and talking therapy with cognitive behavioural techniques and clinical hypnotherapy when appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience as a dramatherapist and trauma-informed counsellor.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed with HCPC and BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I see her if I live abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees arranged?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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