About Susan
Susan McGrattan works as a counsellor in the United Kingdom and brings eight years of practical experience to her practice. She focuses on helping adults address stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues related to self-esteem and addiction. Susan also lists LGBT among her areas of focus and offers support for a wide range of life changes and emotional challenges.
Her approach combines several well-known therapies so sessions are shaped around what each person needs.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps clients notice patterns and try concrete ways to change them. Conversations aim to be straightforward and paced to what someone can manage week by week. Susan often helps people understand how past relationships affect current feelings and behaviour.
She uses strategies that strengthen how people cope with difficult thoughts and emotions. Sessions include practical exercises as well as time to talk things through. People come for help with sleep, eating, parenting pressures, career decisions, anger, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles.
She also supports those facing trauma, bereavement, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and body image worries. Her work is collaborative and goal-focused. Clients set priorities and Susan offers tools and reflections to reach them.
To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, fill a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
What Susan works with
Everything Susan lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Susan is listed here; the rest shows what else Susan works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Susan lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to notice painful thoughts without being ruled by them and to commit to actions that reflect their values. It can help when anxiety, low mood or avoidance get in the way of daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in close connections and emotional reactions, and can support people working through relationship and intimacy concerns. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, with listening and reflection used to help someone find their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adapt them as progress is made.
The original biography did not list session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins on a break, or offering a way to meet with a therapist from different locations. It also lets people try approaches like ACT or attachment-focused conversation without rearranging their whole day. Registered or accredited professionals can guide which practical arrangement suits each person best.
Questions people ask about Susan
What concerns does Susan often help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem and addiction concerns, and many other life challenges listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, combining listening with exercises to change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills.
What is her professional background?
She has eight years of experience working as a counsellor with a broad clinical focus and an integrative way of working.
What credential does she hold and where does she practise?
She is listed with the NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography did not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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