Counsellor profile
Susan Jackson, HCPC, BACP
Dramatherapist for family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma-informed work
- Creative approaches
About Susan
Susan Jackson is a dramatherapist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has around ten years of professional experience working with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and related concerns. Sessions are presented in plain language and aim to be straightforward and practical.
Susan uses talking work alongside creative methods drawn from dramatherapy. She may invite music, movement, poetry or simple arts-based tasks as ways to name feelings and try out different perspectives. These creative invitations have no expectations attached; a person can take part however feels comfortable.
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and hypnotherapy alongside psychodynamic and somatic ideas. That mix allows for short-term practical tools and deeper discussion about patterns from earlier life. Conversations are focused on what is happening now and what might be helpful to try next.
People who come because of family stress or parenting strains will find direct discussion of communication, boundaries and caregiving pressures. Susan also supports concerns such as addiction, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem and workplace stress.
Initial steps are simple: a short matching questionnaire and then a booked first session. Susan notes that fees vary by location and that sessions use a subscription which can be cancelled at any time. She offers sessions in English and does not accept international clients.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centred work focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps people set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers practical strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can help with anxiety, sleep problems and low mood. Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and imagery to support attention and calm, and may be used alongside other talking approaches for issues like stress or habit change.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Susan will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That choice can shift as sessions progress, with some weeks focused on short-term tools and others on deeper personal patterns.
Confirm the exact session options before booking, as the profile does not list formats. Online working can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt creative invitations, CBT worksheets or guided hypnotherapy to an online setting, and the therapist will discuss practical arrangements when planning a first session.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
Susan works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and related issues such as sleep problems, anger and self-esteem.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She combines dramatherapy with talking therapy and may use arts, movement or music alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and hypnotherapy techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has around ten years of professional experience working with adults on trauma-informed therapeutic work.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is a member of the BACP. She is based in the United Kingdom.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile and may vary over time.
How are fees arranged?
Fees vary with location and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.