Susan Gibson, NCPS

Susan Gibson offers a person-centred approach that foregrounds the client’s experience. She brings ten years of therapeutic practice and focuses on making sessions approachable and straightforward. Susan aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, career concerns and compassion fatigue.

Her sessions begin with listening. She helps people put words to difficult feelings and notice patterns that keep them stuck. From there she works with practical steps and short-term goals so progress is clear and manageable.

Susan also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try out different responses. She uses motivational interviewing to support people who want to make changes but feel unsure how to start. Narrative and psychodynamic ideas help when past experiences shape current reactions.

Her wider areas of focus include abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, control issues, isolation and relationship wounds such as infidelity or divorce and separation. She supports people coping with domestic violence, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, impulsivity and mood regulation concerns.

Sessions are available to people in the United Kingdom and to international clients in English. Susan describes therapy as a collaborative process where the person sets the pace and the goals. She aims for practical, steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Therapeutic approaches and online therapy

Susan uses a person-centred approach that focuses on the person rather than a list of symptoms. This means sessions start with careful listening so people can say what matters to them and set the pace for change. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is also a key part of her practice and helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding to stress, anxiety and low mood.

She may use motivational interviewing when someone feels stuck about making a change, using guided questions to build motivation and clarify next steps. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and adapt techniques to match the person’s goals and preferences in a collaborative way.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions are helpful when lower bandwidth or a simpler check-in is needed, and messaging or live chat can fit short updates or flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work and personal commitments while keeping the therapeutic focus consistent.