Susan Blanchard
Calm, collaborative counsellor focused on recovery
About Susan
Susan Blanchard is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She draws on three years of clinical practice to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or depression. Her manner is warm and accepting and she aims to make sessions straightforward and easy to follow.
Susan began by supporting people within NHS cancer services, and that experience informs how she talks about illness, caregiving and loss. She also has practical experience working with neurodiversity and brings that understanding into appointments.
Background and approach
Her background gives her direct exposure to health-related stress and adjustment concerns. Her main areas of focus include anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and the practical pressures that build up around daily life. She also helps people facing abandonment fears, attachment issues, body image worries, chronic pain or long-term illness, and the stresses of caring for others.
Sessions address both emotional strain and the everyday problems that feed it. Susan’s practice is person-centred at its core. She works collaboratively, listening first and helping people find their own solutions.
If a different way of working seems useful, she brings in other evidence-based techniques to suit the individual. People can expect calm, down-to-earth sessions that focus on understanding problems and taking small steps forward. The aim is to create space to think more clearly, reduce self-criticism and build confidence to manage life’s challenges.
What Susan works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches and online therapy that fit your life
Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and understanding the person as an individual. Sessions aim to offer empathy and acceptance so people can explore thoughts and feelings at their own pace; this approach is helpful for anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship worries.Susan also uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to complement person-centred work. These are practical ways of addressing unhelpful thinking and coping patterns, and they can help with stress, depression and trauma symptoms by giving clear steps to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That means trying things out, reviewing progress and adjusting the plan together as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is close to an in-person session and works well for deeper conversation. Phone calls suit people who prefer not to be on camera or have limited bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, quick reflections and flexible contact across the week. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and health appointments while still getting regular support from a registered or accredited professional.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
