Shushanik Gasparyan
Compassionate, person-focused counselling
About Shushanik
Shushanik Gasparyan offers person-focused counselling that helps people talk through what feels overwhelming. She uses Client-Centred, Narrative and Psychodynamic approaches to guide conversations. Shushanik works in English and Armenian and has eight years of experience.
She practises in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. Shushanik helps people facing stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, addictions, sleep and eating issues, and struggles with self-esteem.
Background and approach
Career worries, grief and major life changes are included in her work. She pays attention to communication problems, codependency and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Sessions begin with listening.
She gives time for people to explain their situation and priorities. From there she uses narrative techniques to map stories and patterns. Psychodynamic ideas are used to look at repeating relationship patterns and early influences.
The counselling style is collaborative and paced to the individual. Conversations focus on real, everyday problems and practical ways to cope. Shushanik aims to help people find clearer meaning, calm and better ways of relating to themselves and others.
Her background includes work with agencies and international organisations on child protection projects. That experience informs sensitive work with trauma, sexual assault, and family-related concerns. People who choose her can expect a steady, respectful approach that honours their culture and language needs.
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Shushanik draws on Client-Centred Therapy to place the person and their experience at the heart of sessions. This approach means the therapist listens deeply and follows the clients pace to build trust and clarity. Narrative Therapy is used to map the stories people tell about themselves and to open up new, less limiting ways of seeing difficult situations. Psychodynamic Therapy is offered to look at repeating patterns and how past relationships shape present feelings and reactions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, personal style and what feels most helpful. That collaboration helps shape a plan that can change as needs evolve and new concerns emerge.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for longer conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written reflection or need flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel and to keep therapy consistent when life changes.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Armenian
