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Susan Chown

Therapist · United Kingdom

Susan Chown, BACP

Experienced client-centred counsellor

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  • Relationship focus
  • Trauma and grief
  • Living with health challenges

About Susan

Susan Chown is a counsellor with a decade of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on helping people facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and intimacy-related concerns. She speaks English and works with clients who want to find clearer ways forward in their lives.

Susan follows a client-centred approach that puts the person's experience first. She aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters to them. Her style is straightforward and supportive, emphasising the client’s own strengths as tools for change.

Over ten years she has supported people with anxiety, depression and bipolar issues, as well as those coping with stress, addictions and parenting pressures. She also helps with concerns such as body image, ADHD, and chronic pain, illness and disability. These areas often link with relationship, career and life-change problems.

Susan works with a range of emotional and practical difficulties including anger, communication problems, and bereavement. She also addresses issues around commitment, codependency and boundaries. Her work is aimed at helping people rebuild stability and daily coping skills.

Clients are invited to use their own strengths while exploring new ways of relating and managing symptoms. The process is collaborative - Susan listens, reflects back what she hears, and supports people to try different approaches until something feels helpful.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Credentials

BACP · United Kingdom

Languages

English

How client-centred therapy works online

Susan practises Client-Centred Therapy, which means the conversation centres on the person's experience. The therapist listens, reflects what she hears, and helps the client name priorities and next steps. This approach is often helpful for relationship worries, grief and anxiety where feeling heard matters.

Client-Centred Therapy supports people to use their own strengths to manage life changes. The therapist offers empathy and gentle challenge, helping people try new ways of coping and relating. This is a collaborative process where the client and therapist decide together what to focus on.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan will help clients identify what fits best based on their goals and preferences. She will discuss how sessions might look and adapt the pace and focus as needed.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so please check current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, save travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can offer effective help remotely, and many people find they can make steady progress through regular online meetings.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she support?

Susan helps people with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns and a wide range of emotional challenges such as anxiety, depression and stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening, acceptance and helping the client find their own solutions.

How much experience does she have?

She has over 10 years of professional experience working with a variety of emotional and relational issues in the United Kingdom.

What credentials and region does she work from?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can people from other countries work with her?

Sessions are offered to international clients and she conducts therapy in English.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options with the service before booking.

How are sessions paid for?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin the process?

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