- Stress and anxiety
- Family of origin issues
- ACT and CBT approaches
About Susana
Susana Alarcon Jimenez is an ACA counsellor with six years' experience working with adults in Australia. She focuses on stress, anxiety, family concerns, parenting, self-esteem and depression. She offers counselling in English and Spanish and aims to work respectfully with cultural differences.
Susana uses straightforward, collaborative sessions. She listens, reflects what she hears, and helps people name patterns that come from the family they grew up in. Conversations often look at roles, expectations and repeated behaviours that affect current relationships and wellbeing.
Her background includes work with people facing grief, life transitions and relationship difficulties. She also supports matters such as abandonment, blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems and fatherhood issues. Susana uses a mix of methods rather than one single technique.
Clinically she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy and Narrative Therapy. These approaches are used to help people notice thoughts and feelings, try practical experiments and change unhelpful patterns.
Sessions tend to be practical and paced to what each person can manage. Susana asks about cultural background and personal values and includes those concerns in treatment planning. People working through family of origin issues often find the work looks at early expectations and what can be changed now.
Approaches used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that align with personal values. It often helps with anxiety, stress and making changes despite discomfort.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the centre of the session. The therapist listens, reflects and supports people to explore what matters to them and make their own choices.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and offers practical strategies and experiments to test different responses. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression and patterns linked to family of origin issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susana will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels practical. Together they decide which combination of ACT, client-centred work or CBT fits best and adjust the plan as they go.
The therapist's profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. These practical benefits help therapy fit into everyday life without requiring a major schedule change.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, family concerns, parenting, self-esteem and depression, plus related issues like abandonment, communication problems and blended family matters.
Which therapeutic approaches does she use?
Her practice draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy and Narrative Therapy, chosen to suit each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years' experience working with adults in the community across issues such as anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an ACA counsellor based in Australia.
Can I work with her if I speak Spanish?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary by location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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