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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm 

Evening sessions available on Mondays and Tuesdays. 

Hi, I'm Suzanne. I'm an experienced, qualified person-centred counsellor offering sessions by phone and Zoom.

I specialise in bereavement, grief and loss. I have extensive experience in this space having worked for Cruse Bereavement Support for over five years.

Talking about grief and unpacking your feelings are crucial steps towards learning to live alongside your loss and move forward with your life.

For some people these feelings are so painful it鈥檚 like staring at the sun 鈥� you can only bear take a quick glance and then you have to turn away because it hurts too much to look at it directly. Thankfully, counselling really can help. It can鈥檛 change what happened, but it can help you adjust and get to a place where grief is no longer overwhelming.

Grief is different for everyone; it reflects the relationship you had with the person who has died 鈥� sometimes it鈥檚 straightforward but often it鈥檚 complicated. Talking about it helps unpick the knots and smooth the edges so your loss is less painful and lighter, making it easier to carry.

Some clients feel nervous about starting bereavement counselling, worried they will be overwhelmed with the feelings they have been suppressing. It鈥檚 like standing on a beach watching a tsunami of emotion coming towards you. Can you stand and let the wave come? Often the answer to that is 鈥榥o!鈥� and we run up the hill and wait for the wave to subside. But it takes a lot of energy to keep running up that hill. And if you stand on that beach and let the wave come, it might knock you over, but you鈥檒l get back up and the next time it comes you鈥檒l know 鈥� I鈥檒l be ok, I鈥檒l get back up. The waves lose their power, getting gradually smaller until, eventually, you can paddle in the shallows of your grief rather than being swept away into its depths.  

I can help by supporting you as you explore your grief and the impact of your loss. It's very common to have no-one to talk about grief - but I can be that person and give you all the space you need.

What to expect from me

I'm a very warm, down-to-earth person. Easy to talk to, empathic, non-judgemental and very much there for you.  I give you the space you need to explore your thoughts and feelings in a safe and supported way. 

Often I am the only person a client can talk to about their grief and loss and I take that very seriously.  Confidentiality is guaranteed, as is a judgement-free space where you feel valued and supported.   

Clients who have worked me me say they:

鈦� feel calmer, happier, less alone (often people think they are the only one who feels this way but then find out this is not true at all)

鈦� know and understand themselves better

- sleep better (some people who had stopped dreaming start dreaming again as they unlock their feelings) 

鈦� become better able to cope (often by spotting the warning signs that things are becoming too much and learning how to look after themselves better)

鈦� become more resilient

鈦� feel able to look to the future with confidence and positivity

If I sound like the sort of person you could work with, get in touch and I鈥檒l do my very best to help. 

I offer free 15-minute initial consultations so you can get to know me and decide if you'd like to work with me.  

I offer sessions by Zoom, WhatsApp video call or phone, whichever suits you best. Sometimes clients switch between video and phone if they need to have a session where they don't have wifi. 

Before our first session I'll email you a working agreement to read in advance, which covers confidentiality and its limits, payment information, notice periods and information about how to prepare for your counselling sessions.   

You'll also be asked to fill in a registration form online so I have all the required information and we don't have to spend time in our session on administration.  

Once payment is received (24 hours in advance of the session) I'll send you a Zoom link if that is your preferred platform.  If we are working by phone or WhatsApp I will call you at the agreed date and time.   

If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask.