Virginie Sussest , BACP

Virginie Sussest is a BACP counsellor with 11 years of professional experience. She offers calm, respectful support for people facing depression, anxiety, stress and relationship strain. Virginie speaks English, French and Italian and works from the United Kingdom.

She spent more than a decade working with bereavement services and has substantial experience supporting people through grief and loss. That background informs how she listens and responds to sensitive emotions. Her approach is warm and patient, aiming to help people make sense of difficult moments.

Virginie adapts sessions to each person’s needs. She uses talking therapies such as attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural methods to shape conversations. This means sessions may focus on feelings, patterns in relationships, or practical strategies to manage mood and stress.

She also supports people with anger, addictions, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, career worries and coping with life changes. Additional areas include ADHD, body image, caregiving stress and chronic illness. The aim is to work steadily towards clearer thinking and more manageable day-to-day coping.

People who contact Virginie can expect a respectful, non-judgemental space where their individual story guides the work. She encourages collaboration on goals and practical next steps. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to availability.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current emotional patterns. It helps people understand why they respond as they do in close relationships and can be useful for grief, abandonment and intimacy concerns.

Client-centred therapy centres the person's experience. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client's pace, which suits people who need space to process feelings like depression or stress.

Cognitive behavioural techniques look at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. They include practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. The therapist will work together with the person to choose methods that match goals, preferences and the nature of the difficulty. That collaborative process often starts in the first few sessions.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, as current options are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these approaches to remote work so sessions remain focused and practical without promising a specific format.