Sue Hutchinson

Sue Hutchinson is a BACP counsellor with 23 years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and other concerns. She works with anger, self-harm, low self-esteem and help with sleep, eating and career worries. Sue aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what matters most to them.

Sue uses a person-centred approach that puts the client’s experience first. Sessions are conversational and paced to each person. She may weave in mindfulness practices to help with grounding and to reduce reactivity. Occasionally she offers creative options when that might give a fresh way of looking at things.

Sue describes her manner as friendly, sensitive and down-to-earth. She helps people break difficult problems into small, practical steps. The focus is on what the person wants to change and what they can try next.

Over two decades of work have covered grief and loss, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and long-term stress. That background informs how she listens and how she offers tools people can use between sessions. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Sue works with individuals who want straightforward support for coping with life changes, depression and anxiety. She supports people exploring their identity, parenting pressures and career transitions. Wherever someone starts, she helps them set realistic goals and track small gains.

How Sue’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting what a person says so they feel understood. This approach helps people work through anger, grief and relationship difficulties by putting their own goals at the centre of sessions.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention exercises to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and anxiety. These practices can be short, practical tasks that people use between sessions to notice thoughts and bodily signs of stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sue will help the person decide which methods suit their needs and will adapt what you try as you go. That collaborative decision-making helps match techniques to the person's goals and preferences.

If you are interested in online work, confirm which session formats are available before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, save travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practise mindfulness between sessions and bring what they notice straight into conversation.