Sue Culm, BACP

Sue Culm is a Glasgow-based counsellor with four years of practice and a BACP membership. She meets each person without judgement and focuses on practical ways to improve day-to-day wellbeing. Sue aims to help people move forward from difficult experiences and develop more helpful ways of thinking.

Her work centres on common problems such as anxiety, depression, stress, and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with trauma, disordered eating, intimacy-related issues and relationship strain. Sue has experience from the third sector working with people facing chronic anxiety, sexual violence trauma, childhood trauma and long-term depression.

Sue uses cognitive behavioural ideas alongside mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to create short, practical steps. Sessions look at thought patterns and habits and teach new coping skills that can be practised between meetings. The emphasis is on small changes that add up over time.

Motivational interviewing is another tool she draws on to help people find personal reasons to change and stay engaged with the work. People are treated as partners in their therapy and progress is paced to what feels manageable.

Sue aims to equip clients with skills to handle life’s ups and downs independently. She invites people to reach out when they are ready to start a conversation about a clearer, more balanced future.

Practical approaches for online sessions and wellbeing

Sue commonly uses cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness in her work. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which can ease anxiety, low mood and stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple paying-attention exercises that help reduce rumination and increase calm in daily life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then tailor CBT, mindfulness or solution-focused strategies to each person. This is a collaborative process with regular review to see what is working.

Session formats were not detailed in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or travel and can reduce travel time. It also allows for shorter check-ins when a brief update is all that is needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises to suit the practicalities of remote work and help people build skills that fit into everyday life.