Susan McGrattan, NCPS
8 years in practice
Susan McGrattan is a counsellor with eight years of experience based in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS17-04311 · expires February 2027
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Susan
Susan McGrattan is a counsellor with eight years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS and offers one-to-one work for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and other day-to-day challenges. Her style is straightforward and collaborative, with an emphasis on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Susan tailors sessions to the person who turns up. She listens first, then helps identify what is getting in the way.
Background and approach
Sessions often include breathing and grounding practices, talking through unhelpful thoughts, and small actions to test new ways of coping. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is one of the approaches she uses when it seems helpful. She draws on several approaches to match a person’s needs.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps break cycles of anxious or low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people to clarify values and take committed steps in the direction they want. Attachment-based ideas are used when early relationships affect current patterns.
Susan also supports those dealing with self-esteem issues, addictions, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, anger and career pressures. She addresses less common concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care history, chronic illness, and carer stress. Sessions are offered in English and can be taken online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
International clients are accepted. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled according to the therapist’s availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and an online path to care
Susan commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, low mood and problems with sleep or eating.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support people in identifying their values and taking small, meaningful steps even when feelings are difficult. Attachment-based ideas are drawn on when early relationship patterns are influencing current emotional responses and connections.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that fit the person's goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where techniques are adapted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation when visual connection helps. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing, need a flexible check-in, or find it easier to reflect in words rather than speech.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Susan specialise in?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and depression alongside issues such as self-esteem, addictions, sleep and eating problems and career strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on listening, building coping skills and trying small changes between sessions.
What background and experience does she have?
Susan has eight years of clinical experience and uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work for sessions?
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?
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