Susie Black
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About the Therapist
Susie Black is a Person-Centred Counsellor and Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Specialist with over four years of experience supporting children, young people, and adults through counselling and therapeutic wellbeing interventions. Her background includes school-based counselling, adult counselling, online counselling, and leadership within emotional wellbeing services for children and vulnerable adults.
Her approach is warm, empathic, and trauma-informed, with a strong focus on building trusted therapeutic relationships. Susie creates a safe and supportive space where clients can feel heard, understood, and supported through emotional challenges, mental health difficulties, and periods of change or distress.
At a Glance
- Session format: Online and in-person experience
- Client groups: Children, Young People, Adults
- Languages: English
- Areas of focus: Emotional Wellbeing, Mental Health, Trauma-Informed Support, Risk, Safeguarding
- Registration: MBACP
- Approach: Person-Centred and Solution-Focused support
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Counselling
- Diploma in Sexual Abuse Counselling
- FdA Counselling
- Diploma in Counselling
Therapy Approach
- Person-Centred counselling
- Trauma-informed support
- Solution-focused one-to-one and group work
- Empathic, relational, and collaborative practice
Client Types
- Children
- Young People
- Adults
- Clients with emotional wellbeing and mental health needs
Areas of Support
- Anxiety and emotional distress
- Mental health and emotional wellbeing
- Trauma-informed support
- Sexual abuse related support
- Behavioural and emotional challenges in children and young people
- Risk, safeguarding, and crisis-aware support
Professional Registration
- MBACP Registered
- DBS Checked
- Committed to ethical and confidential practice
Professional Experience
- Service Lead and Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner at The Children’s Society
- Online counsellor with Camellia Counselling
- School-Based Counsellor supporting pupils with 1:1 and group counselling
- Experience with adult counselling, youth support, safeguarding, and multidisciplinary working
What to Expect
Susie offers a compassionate and non-judgemental space where clients can explore emotional difficulties, mental health concerns, and life challenges in a way that feels safe and manageable. Her work is grounded in person-centred values, while also drawing on trauma-informed and solution-focused approaches where helpful.
Whether you are seeking support for yourself or for a young person, sessions are shaped around individual needs, emotional safety, and practical progress. Her aim is to help clients feel understood, supported, and better able to navigate their experiences with confidence and resilience.