About me
Hi, I'm Suzie (she/her), a counsellor trained in Gestalt therapy. I offer neuro-affirming counselling for adults navigating burnout, identity, a late diagnosis of autism and ADHD and the question of what comes next.
I firmly believe you are not a problem to be solved. A lot of us have been handed the message, somewhere along the way, that we’re too much or not enough. That there’s a correct way to be a person, and we’re doing it wrong.
I don’t work from that idea. I don’t think you’re broken, and I don’t think my job is to fix you. I think you already carry most of what you need to make sense of your life - and that it is much easier to find when someone is paying careful, unhurried attention alongside you. Counselling with me tends to look like curiosity rather than correction. We notice what’s happening. We stay with it a while. We see what it has to tell us.
Clients often come to me when something has shifted in their lives, be that a late diagnosis of autism or ADHD, midlife changes and transitions or through experiencing depletion and burnout. I believe that you do not need a crisis to deserve a space to think and reflect, you just need somewhere where it's safe to be honest.
I treat all my clients as individuals and use a holistic approach grounded in neuro-affirming practice, respecting the needs of my clients.
Sessions held in person in Portchester, Hampshire, or online within in the UK.
Training, qualifications & experience
DipHE Gestalt Counselling, University of Portsmouth - February 2026
Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), membership number 420382
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
When I work
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Further information
Before the first session, I offer a free 20-minute call - by telephone or online- where I will describe how I work, you can ask me anything, and we’ll both get a sense of whether this feels like a fit.
If we do go ahead, I’ll send you a working agreement - a plain-English document covering confidentiality and its limits, fees, cancellations, and how we’ll work together. We’ll both sign it before the first session, so nothing is unclear once we start.
The first session is mostly about getting to know each other. I’ll want to understand what’s brought you here, what you’re hoping for, and what you expect from counselling - including anything you’ve tried before that helped, and anything that really didn’t.
We’ll also talk about how you work best. What helps you think. What makes it harder. Whether you’d rather have questions in advance, or a few minutes of quiet at the start, or a clear structure to each session. None of that is a special request - it’s just useful information.
