Suzanne is a caring and compassionate psychologist whose friendly, kind manner makes it very easy to connect with her. She has many years of helping people grow and overcome difficulties by understanding the way their life stories shaped them. Her intuitive, gentle insights guide her clients to wellness and to becoming the best versions of themselves.

​Suzanne works with teens and adults with challenges including anxiety, depression, stress, anger, trauma, LGBTQ+ challenges, addictions, eating disorders, self-harm, interpersonal relationships, life transitions, parenting difficulties, and grief and loss. She is also extensively trained and experienced in couple's counselling.

Suzanne​ assists individuals from 13 years and older, and couples.

Psychologist providing Gottman Couple's Counselling

Suzanne is extensively trained and experienced in working with couples to grow their emotional connection and become happier together. She provides a safe and non-judgemental space for couples to explore how their relationship became stuck, and how to repair, and strengthen it, by exploring the life experiences and habits that may have led them to current issues and providing practical ways to move beyond that. Suzanne is skilled at guiding couples in ways to improve communication, increase intimacy and affection, manage conflict without harm, and strengthening their friendship and emotional connection.

​The Gottman Method for couples focusses on teaching specific skills that foster a sense of friendship and teamwork. This may include exercises like building "love maps", which is a way to deeply get to know each other's likes, dislikes, passions, fears, important memories, longings, and dreams, as well as likes and dislikes, favourite hobbies, and even music preferences. This builds a sense of intimacy, acceptance and friendship which is foundational to a happy relationship.

​She also guides couples to insight about where communication has become stuck and destructive, by understanding habits that Gottman has named "the four horseman": criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling, and replacing them with with gentle, constructive and loving communication.

​Suzanne welcomes all couples from different backgrounds, ages, and sexual/gender orientations.​

​Areas of Practice

Depression

Anxiety and Worry

Stress Management & Resilience

Managing Life Transitions & Challenges

Emotional Regulation

Couple's Counselling

Childhood survivors of abuse and Trauma

LGBTQ+ challenges

Adolescent difficulties

Self-Harm

​Family and relating issues

Low self-esteem and self-criticism

Anger Management

Grief, death and dying

Addictions

Eating Disorders