Shushanik Gasparyan

Shushanik Gasparyan is a BACP counsellor who focuses on helping people through eating and food-related issues, anxiety, depression and major life changes. She speaks English and Armenian and brings eight years of practice to sessions. Her manner is calm and encouraging, aimed at helping people feel understood and more in control of their everyday life.

Shushanik uses an approach rooted in client-centred care. She listens closely and follows the pace the person wants. That way people can talk about painful memories, difficult feelings or topics they have avoided for a long time without feeling rushed.

She also draws on narrative ideas to help people see the stories they tell about themselves. Reframing how a problem is described can make new options appear. Psychodynamic themes are used to look at patterns that repeat in relationships and behaviour across time.

Her background includes work in agency settings and projects with international organisations such as Save The Children and UNICEF on child abuse related work. That experience informs her work with trauma, grief and family problems but she focuses on the individual sitting in front of her rather than labels.

Sessions aim to restore balance and help people develop practical ways to cope. Shushanik supports both short and longer-term work depending on what someone needs. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Shushanik draws on client-centred work and narrative and psychodynamic ideas to guide online therapy. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so a person can speak openly and feel heard; it helps with anxiety, depression and general life stress. Narrative Therapy looks at how people describe their lives and problems, and helps reframe those stories to open up different choices. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to repeated patterns in emotions and relationships to help someone understand why they keep having the same difficulties.

Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they will try ways of working and adjust the approach as progress is made.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into the day more easily and keeping continuity when life is busy or travel is difficult. Please confirm the current session formats before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Registered and accredited professionals can offer sessions that reduce travel time and help keep regular contact with a therapist while working towards personal goals.