Susan (Susy) Putnam, BACP

Susan (Susy) Putnam helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious or low. She supports those coping with life changes, relationship worries, parenting strain, grief and trauma. People also come to her for help with self-esteem, ADHD, intimacy issues and career concerns.

Susan creates a gentle, reflective space where clients lead the conversation. She uses a warm, empathic style and keeps things collaborative. Sessions are paced to suit each person and guided visualisation may be offered when helpful.

Her approach draws on several counselling traditions so the work can be adapted to what matters most to the client. This includes talking through past patterns, exploring current choices and practising mindful ways to manage distress. The aim is practical change alongside greater self-understanding.

Susan has seven years of experience and holds BACP accreditation. She has worked in education and ran teaching programmes in prisons, which shaped her direct, down-to-earth style. She has long experience with neurodiversity, including ADHD and high-functioning autism.

Sessions are offered in English and Susan welcomes people from diverse backgrounds. She offers support around issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, domestic violence, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose and post-traumatic stress. The focus is always on what the individual wants to work on and how they want to work.

Approaches online that help with attachment and self-understanding

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape present relationships. Online sessions can help identify repeating patterns and build more secure ways of relating, which is useful for people with relationship worry, abandonment issues and attachment concerns.

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person at the centre of the work. The therapist offers empathic listening and reflection so the client can find their own answers. This approach suits people wanting a supportive space to talk through life changes, stress or identity questions.

Susan will help clients try different methods and decide together what fits best. She approaches this as a joint process, checking in about goals and preferences and adjusting the work over time.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and maintain eye contact, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to have brief check-ins, share thoughts between meetings, or choose not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.