Zsuzsanna Purnell

Zsuzsanna Purnell is a BACP counsellor who has spent ten years helping people find steadier ground after painful experiences. She describes her work as practical and compassionate, guiding people away from survival mode toward clearer choices. Zsuzsanna focuses on building self-worth, emotional resilience and calmer relationships so daily life feels more manageable.

She often helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression and addictions, and supports those facing trauma, grief or relationship difficulties. Her work also covers parenting strains, career changes, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to ADHD. Additional areas of focus include separation and divorce, immigration issues, postpartum depression and process-related addictions.

In sessions she uses straightforward tools from well-known therapies to teach coping skills and emotional regulation. Zsuzsanna aims to make change feel doable rather than overwhelming. Conversations combine practical steps with chances to understand patterns that keep problems repeating.

She offers care in English and Hungarian in the United Kingdom and brings a decade of clinical experience to the room. Zsuzsanna encourages people to notice small shifts that add up to lasting changes in confidence and calm.

Her approach suits people who want clear techniques and gentle challenge. She invites anyone feeling stuck with self-doubt, anger, addictive behaviours or relationship pain to take a first step toward something different.

How her approaches translate to online work

Zsuzsanna draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to offer clear skills people can use between sessions. CBT focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns to reduce anxiety and low mood. DBT teaches emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal skills for managing intense feelings and anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then try methods that suit the person's needs. This is a collaborative process with regular check-ins to adjust techniques as things change.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session formats before booking so you know what is offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break or reducing the need to be on camera for every meeting. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use online work to keep continuity of care when in-person meetings are harder to arrange.