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James Sussex, BACP, NCPS
- Credentials
- BACP, NCPS
- Experience
- 10 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue
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James Sussex is a UK-based counsellor with ten years of practice. He speaks English and works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and a wide range of life challenges. He combines straightforward listening with practical support to help people make changes that matter.
He uses a mixture of approaches drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), client-centred work, cognitive behavioural ideas, narrative techniques and psychodynamic thinking. That means sessions can include looking at thoughts and behaviours, exploring personal stories, and noticing values that help guide choices.
Background and approach
The aim is to make therapy useful in day-to-day life rather than only talking about problems. James has experience delivering wellbeing seminars and working in senior clinical roles for national and international organisations. He also offers Single Session Therapy when people want focused, short-term help as well as longer-term support.
His background in training means he often shares simple tools and exercises that people can practise between meetings. In a session he tends to be down-to-earth and direct while staying warm and respectful. He will listen to your story, help you identify what matters, and agree practical steps to try.
Many people come with work stress, relationship strain, grief, trauma, addiction concerns, parenting pressures, or identity and attachment issues, and find this mix of approaches helpful. To begin, he asks people to tell their story and then tailors the sessions to their goals.
This collaborative style aims to help people feel clearer, more able to cope, and ready to take workable steps forward.
How James uses therapeutic approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with big life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behaviour so people can test and change unhelpful habits; it often helps with anxiety, sleeping problems and depression. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises being listened to without judgement and helps people find their own solutions by building trust and clarity.Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, try things out, and adapt methods to suit your needs and preferences. That collaborative planning helps make each session feel purposeful and relevant to what you want to change.
Online therapy lets these methods be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and exercises, phone calls work well if bandwidth is limited, and messaging can fit short check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options give flexibility for fitting therapy around work, travel or busy family life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
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