Susan Fynes
Dip Couns, MNCPS Acc.

Counselling in person (Tunbridge Wells) & online

Starting therapy is rarely a small decision. Often it comes after months, sometimes years of carrying something quietly: a pattern that keeps repeating, a relationship that feels stuck, a grief that hasn't settled, or simply a sense that life should feel more like your own. I don't see therapy as something done to you. It's a collaboration, two people paying close, honest attention to your life together. My role isn't to hand you answers, it's to help you hear yourself more clearly.

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Profile

susanfynes.counselling.online

Phone

07775 737186

Email

susanfynes@gmail.com

Website

www.susanfynescounselling.co.uk

About me and my practice

There's no script. Some sessions move quickly into a current struggle, a conflict, a decision, a wave of anxiety. Others slow right down, following a dream, a memory, or a feeling that doesn't yet have words. I'll ask questions, reflect back what I notice, and sometimes gently name a pattern before you've fully seen it yourself. You set the pace. My job is to stay close enough to be useful, without rushing you anywhere you're not ready to go.
People come to me for many reasons: anxiety, low mood, life transitions, relationship difficulties, a creative or professional block, or simply the sense that something under the surface needs attention. What tends to unite the people I work best with is a willingness to look inward, even when it's uncomfortable, and a genuine curiosity about their own inner life. You don't need to have language for what's wrong. You just need to be willing to start looking.

Experience

My training is in Transactional Analysis, and I work relationally. In practice, those two things go hand in hand. TA gives us a clear, practical language for understanding how we relate to ourselves and to others. It looks at the different "ego states" we move between (the part of us that's spontaneous or wounded, the part that's rule-bound or critical, the part that's grounded in the here-and-now), and at the life "script" each of us wrote early on, often without knowing it, about who we are and what we're allowed to have. A lot of what brings people to therapy is that script quietly running the show, old decisions about love, worth, or safety that made sense once but no longer fit.

Working relationally means the relationship between us isn't just the container for the work; it is a lot of the work. Many of the patterns that trouble people outside the therapy room show up, sooner or later, inside it too: the same ways of pleasing, withdrawing, testing, or protecting. When that happens, we can look at it together, in real time, rather than just talking about it in the abstract. That's often where the most honest change happens, not from insight alone, but from having a different kind of relational experience and letting it teach you something new.

Qualifications

Level 6 Diploma in Counselling (NCPS Accredited)

Additional Information

If any of this lands with you, the best next step is usually a short initial conversation, no pressure, just a chance to ask questions and get a feel for whether we're a good match. Therapy works best when it feels like the right relationship, not just the right technique, and that's something we can only really discover by talking.

If you'd like to arrange an initial conversation, send me a message, and Ill get back to you shortly.

Professional Membership

Accredited Registrant MNCPS (Acc.)

Professional Register

National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

Verified by Counsellingo on Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Initial Consultation

A free 15 minute call:

To learn more about what therapy with me looks like plus the opportunity to briefly talk about what brings you to therapy. This is an opportunity to see if therapy with me could be a good fit for you.

Fees

£70 1:1
£95 couples

When I Work

Mon - Weds 8am to 8pm
Thurs 8am to 6pm

Therapeutic Approach

Relational, Integrative, Transactional Analysis

Video Platforms

Google Meet

Pronouns

She/Her

Area

Kent