Suzanne Ellis

Suzanne Ellis offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by anger, stress, anxiety or loss. She writes plainly and listens closely so clients can talk through what is happening. Her approach aims to help people find steady ways to cope and to make clearer choices about next steps.

Suzanne uses a person-centred attitude that keeps the client’s priorities at the centre of sessions. She also draws on trauma-focused work and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR, when past events continue to cause distress. Sessions are paced to suit each person and to avoid feeling rushed.

Suzanne has 19 years of experience and is an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, or BACP. She holds a Masters degree in counselling, an Advanced Diploma in Gestalt Therapy, and a Diploma in Person-Centred counselling. She also has a certificate in couples and relationship counselling and a level 6 certificate in therapeutic supervision.

In practice she helps people deal with many concerns, including grief, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, addictions, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, anger, trauma and compassion fatigue. She also supports people affected by attachment issues, adoption and foster care, chronic illness, cancer, neurodiversity and caregiving stress.

Sessions aim to be warm and non-judgemental. Suzanne invites people to work at their own pace and to focus on practical ways to manage difficult feelings. To begin, clients use the service Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and patterns that formed early in life. Online sessions can use gentle conversation to identify those patterns and practise different ways of relating and responding. Client-Centred Therapy gives the person space to be heard without judgement and helps build the inner resources for coping with strong emotions like anger and shame. EMDR, or eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that works with distressing memories to reduce their emotional intensity; adapted EMDR can be delivered remotely with careful preparation and pacing.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Suzanne will discuss different methods and decide together with the client which to try first, guided by the person’s goals, history and what feels manageable in sessions. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be reviewed as work progresses.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work, childcare or other commitments, and avoiding travel time. Online work also makes it easier to continue therapy if life circumstances change. Session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking so you know how sessions will be arranged.