PROFILE
Dr Susan Renger
Specialist Counsellor
Susan is a pluralistic therapist, basing her approach on a Person-centred foundation. She specialises in Actualisation Therapy and Wealth Therapy, both using ‘Therapeutic Learning’; a counselling approach which focuses on long-term learning, to enable clients to become their own self-counsellor. Her private client base is made up of individuals who are interested in becoming ‘fully-functioning’, or are aiming for an ongoing process of self-actualisation. This particularly includes those struggling with issues around wealth and celebrity. Susan also has a special interest in working with therapy groups focusing on personal skills development post-therapy.
Susan has therapy experience working with the mental health charity Mind and the Samaritans. She currently counsels staff in the NHS and works with The Brilliant Club, a charity aiming to encourage teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue academic interests through top universities. Susan is also currently pursuing post-doctoral research in the field of ‘Therapeutic Learning’ and self-counselling.
Susan’s early career included experience in management training, executive coaching and business coaching. Her work has been international, with organisations such as British Airways, ICI, Courtaulds, Roche Chemicals and TNT.
Qualifications
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PhD (Counselling/Learning), Sheffield Hallam University
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MSc Counselling Psychology, Keele University
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MSc Training, Leicester University
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Bachelor of Education (Hons.), Manchester University
Academic Research
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Renger, S., Macaskill, A., & Naylor, B. (2020). Learning and change within person‐centred therapy: Views of expert therapists. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 20(3), 535-544. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12291
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Renger, S., & Macaskill, A. (2021) Simplifying the definition of the fully functioning person for client use. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12386
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Renger, S., & Macaskill, A. (2021) Guided Goal Setting in Therapy towards Being Fully Functioning. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-021-09505-8
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Renger, S. & Macaskill, A., (2021) Developing the Foundations for a Learning-Based Humanistic Therapy. Journal of Humanistic Psychology https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678211007668
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Renger, S. (2021) Therapists’ Views on the Use of Questions in Person-centred Therapy. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1900536