PROFILE
Dr Susan Renger
Specialist Counsellor
Susan is a pluralistic therapist, basing her approach on a person-centred foundation. She specialises in ‘Therapeutic Learning’; a counselling approach which focuses on long-term learning, to enable clients to become their own self-therapist. Her private client base is made up of individuals who are interested in becoming ‘fully-functioning’ through an understanding of therapy methodologies.
Susan has therapy experience working with the mental health charity Mind and The Samaritans. She has also been a staff counsellor within the NHS. Susan is currently pursuing post-doctoral research in the field of ‘Therapeutic Learning’ and self-therapy.
Susan’s early career included experience in management training, executive coaching, mentoring and business coaching. Her work has been international, with organisations such as British Airways, ICI, Courtaulds, Roche Chemicals and TNT.
Qualifications
-
PhD (Counselling/Learning), Sheffield Hallam University
-
MSc Counselling Psychology, Keele University
-
MSc Training, Leicester University
-
Bachelor of Education (Hons.), Manchester University
Academic Research
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Renger, S. & Macaskill, A., (2021) Developing the Foundations for a Learning-Based Humanistic Therapy. Journal of Humanistic Psychology https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678211007668
-
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