Sue has a warm and compassionate style that creates a safe and calming atmosphere for you to explore what is troubling you, deal with difficult emotions, and work toward important goals. She works collaboratively with you to ensure that therapy is as helpful as possible. Her focus is to support and empower you to move through and beyond the challenges you're facing. She is kind and also straight forward, compassionately challenging you in places you may be getting in your own way, as we all do sometimes, and helping you explore alternative ways to have more of what you want and need.

Sue works from a body-mind and neuroscience approach, always concerned with you as a whole person. As you share your story and experiences she may invite you to check in with your body to understand what sensations and emotions are underlying your experience. This is helpful in clearing stuck emotions and accessing the resources of the body. Often, this helps you become more aware of the possible connections between current struggles and childhood experiences so that you can work with healing and becoming more empowered.

Sue also works from a relational and systemic approach, always considering your relationship to yourself and to others.  Learning more about how you were impacted by your early life experiences, helps us better understand how your show up in your relationships and the world today. Whether you seek her support as an individual or as couple, considering your early adaptations to those life experinces can help you differentiate from old patterns and coping approaches, into new and more effective and relational ones. 

She often introduces and encourages the use of new skills that will help you in your daily life. These may include centering and grounding exercises, developing positive self-talk and coping thoughts, and improving communications skills. In your first sessions, we will discuss your concerns and get a better idea of what approach and skills will work best for your needs.

Sue draws on a variety of therapeutic approaches, predominantly Real Life Therapy (RLT) and Self-Regulation Therapy (SRT).  More information on these can be found on the 'About Sue' page.