Virginie Sussest

Virginie Sussest is a counsellor who draws on 11 years of practice to help people manage strong feelings and difficult life changes. She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger and relationship strain. Virginie aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can talk things through and plan practical steps forward.

She has more than a decade of experience supporting people affected by bereavement, including work with Cuse Bereavement Care. That work shaped her approach to grief and loss and how those experiences can affect relationships and day-to-day functioning.

Virginie uses a blend of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centred listening to prioritise the person’s priorities, cognitive behavioural ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and patterns, and attachment-informed thinking to look at how early relationships influence current reactions.

Sessions focus on building clarity about what is happening now and what practical steps could help. Conversations are tailored to the individual and can include brief, solution-focused ideas when people want immediate coping strategies as well as deeper work when issues have long roots.

Virginie offers sessions in English, French and Italian. She works from the United Kingdom and is registered with BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Virginie combines client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques in ways that suit online conversations. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s priorities, helping them feel heard and guiding the pace of sessions. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at patterns in thoughts and behaviour and introduces practical strategies people can use between appointments to reduce anxiety and manage mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then shape the plan collaboratively so it fits the person’s situation and aims.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into daily life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins around work breaks, or avoiding video when a quieter, lower-bandwidth option suits better. Many people find it simpler to use sessions to practise strategies and then apply them between appointments, which can speed up progress when combined with in-person or online meetings decided with the counsellor.