Susan Jackson, HCPC, BACP

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 practice helping people who carry the weight of stress, anxiety, grief and relationship difficulties. Susan works in a calm, compassionate way and aims to help each person reconnect with their own strengths.

Her background blends dramatherapy with talking therapies. That mix means sessions can include verbal conversation alongside creative invitations such as movement, poetry, art or music when that feels helpful. There are no expectations about how someone expresses themselves; creative options are offered as possibilities rather than requirements.

Susan uses a range of approaches to fit different needs. She draws on client-centred principles to prioritise the person’s perspective. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to look at thinking and behaviour patterns. Hypnotherapy and somatic ideas are also available to work with the body’s responses to stress.

People come to Susan with many concerns, including trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, ADHD, chronic pain or illness, caregiver stress, body image and issues around attachment or abandonment. She also supports those facing career strain, parenting-related pressures and compassion fatigue.

Susan encourages a gentle, collaborative pace. She focuses on building a trusting relationship, practical steps to manage symptoms and ways to restore day-to-day functioning. The aim is to help people make changes that fit their life and goals.

How different therapy approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects back what is said and helps the person make choices that feel right. It is useful for emotional support and building self-understanding.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions keep problems going. Online sessions can include clear, practical steps and short exercises to try between meetings. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood and unhelpful behaviour patterns.

Hypnotherapy uses guided visualisation and focused attention to help access different ways of thinking and feeling. In an online setting it can support work on stress, sleep or managing certain physical symptoms alongside other therapy work.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, preferences and daily demands. That might mean combining elements from different approaches or adapting techniques as the work progresses.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around caring duties, work or treatment appointments, and it can reduce travel time or the need to rearrange commitments.