Sue Hunter , BACP, NCPS

Sue Hunter offers person-centred counselling from her practice in West Cumbria, United Kingdom, bringing a warm, nonjudgmental presence to people navigating life’s challenges. She believes that most individuals have the inner resources to move toward a more fulfilling life and works alongside clients to deepen self-awareness, build acceptance, and support clearer choices. Her approach combines core person-centred values – deep acceptance, genuine engagement, and careful listening – with an integrative, holistic framework tailored to each person’s needs.

Sue helps clients explore how they relate to themselves and to the world around them, encouraging insight that can reduce distress and increase a sense of agency. She draws on a range of therapeutic tools to complement conversational work and to address issues such as stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma, grief, addiction, sleep and eating concerns, parenting and family difficulties, and coping with life changes. Her practice also attends to more specific concerns like attachment and abandonment, body image, guilt and shame, and caregiver stress.

Sue is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapists (BACP) and holds NCPS accreditation, indicating recognised professional standing in counselling. She is a Registered Bach Practitioner (BFRP) and can offer personalised Bach flower consultations and remedies to be used alongside therapy or as a separate option, with postage available for an additional cost. In addition, Sue is a trained Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner and can incorporate tapping consultations as standalone sessions or within counselling to help address repeating patterns and support progress. Wherever a person is in their healing journey, Sue aims to provide supportive, honest, and practical care that honours the client’s pace and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Support

Client-centred therapy focuses on creating an accepting, empathetic space where the client’s own insight and inner resources guide change; it is especially helpful for people seeking greater self-understanding, improved self-esteem, and more authentic choices in life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and to clarify personal values so actions align with what matters most - it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with transitions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) addresses emotional patterns in relationships and within the self, supporting people to access, express, and reorganise emotional responses to improve connection and regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy itself. Sue works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the mix of person-centred listening, ACT strategies, EFT work, or other techniques as the relationship unfolds. This collaborative process helps ensure the plan feels relevant and workable.

Online therapy modalities including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit support into a busy life and to maintain continuity when in-person meetings are difficult. These options provide flexible access to licensed professionals and therapists, allowing people to engage in therapy from home, during travel, or around work and caregiving commitments while still receiving evidence-informed care.