Sue Hunter, BACP, NCPS

Sue Hunter offers direct, down-to-earth counselling for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life changes. She is named up front so visitors know who they will be reading about. Her approach is warm and accepting, and she aims to help clients feel heard without judgement.

Sue uses person-centred and integrative ways of working that focus on the individual’s strengths. Sessions aim to increase self-awareness and help people make choices that fit their values. She also draws on cognitive and emotion-focused ideas to help shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns.

Her clinical toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). These methods are used alongside client-centred listening to tailor each session to what a person needs right now. Practical steps and simple exercises are offered when useful.

Sue carries recognised membership with the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and is a Senior Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society, shown as NCPS. She has worked in counselling for 12 years and brings that experience to sessions.

Alongside talking therapy she offers complementary work such as Emotional Freedom Technique, often called tapping, and personalised Bach flower consultations. These can be combined with counselling or used by themselves according to a person’s preference.

How Sue adapts therapeutic approaches to online work

Sue draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice their values and take small steps towards them. ACT uses simple exercises to reduce avoidance and build a life that matters, useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with change.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people understand connection needs and repair painful patterns that affect present-day relationships and self-worth.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sue treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help a client try different methods to see what fits best. Goals, preferences and everyday routines inform which techniques are used and how sessions are planned.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets a person keep visual contact and do guided exercises, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and health commitments.