Susannah "Susy" Rudkin, BACP
Compassionate counsellor for everyday change
Details
| Name | Susannah "Susy" Rudkin |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 17 |
About Susannah
Susannah "Susy" Rudkin is a counsellor with 17 years' experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship pain. She works with issues such as grief, trauma, addiction, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, career pressures and mood disorders including depression and bipolar.
Susy aims to help people notice the patterns that hold them back and find practical ways to change them. Her approach is calm and straightforward. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and beliefs, and learning simple skills to reduce reactivity and overthinking.
Background and approach
She combines Narrative ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioural techniques to help people reframe their stories and build day-to-day coping tools. Susy also uses attachment-based thinking to look at how early relationships shape current difficulties. The work often involves mapping patterns, naming triggers and trying small experiments between sessions.
This helps clients test new ways of relating to themselves and others. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and are delivered from the United Kingdom.
Susy works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on a person’s needs. People who choose to work with her can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth process. She aims to teach skills that are useful straight away while also attending to longer-term change.
The focus is on practical steps that build calm, confidence and clearer choices.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Anger management among the things Susannah works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Susannah among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Susannah directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Susannah directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How therapeutic approaches adapt to online counselling
Susy uses Narrative Therapy to help people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves, identifying unhelpful plotlines and testing new perspectives that reduce shame and blame. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, supports people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values rather than being driven by avoidance.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susy will talk with each person about what feels most useful and suggest a mix of methods based on their goals and preferences. That collaboration makes it easier to try new skills and adjust the plan if something does not fit.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and exercises, phone sessions can be quicker for short check-ins, and text-based options suit people who prefer to write or need flexible timing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping progress steady.
Common questions about this listing
What problems does Susy help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and bipolar mood concerns along with relationship strain, grief, trauma, addictions and parenting or career pressures.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are down-to-earth and collaborative. She focuses on naming unhelpful patterns and practising small, practical changes.
What is her professional background?
She has 17 years of experience working in counselling and related coaching work and combines several therapeutic ideas to support clients.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats do sessions use?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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