Suzanne Ellis, BACP

Suzanne Ellis is an experienced counsellor and therapist with 19 years working across a wide range of emotional and relational difficulties. She supports people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, low mood, grief, trauma, or life transitions, and she works with concerns such as relationship difficulties, self-esteem, addictions, parenting challenges, and issues related to attachment and intimacy. Suzanne sees adults, children, and young people and offers a calm, empathic space where individuals can explore painful feelings and find practical ways to cope and move forward.

Suzanne practices from a person-centred and integrative stance and is trained in Gestalt approaches and EMDR, meaning she combines listening and empathic presence with structured trauma work when appropriate. She aims to help people feel heard, understood, and empowered to make changes at their own pace. Her work is suitable for those navigating bereavement, trauma and abuse, family and blended-family issues, neurodiversity-related concerns, career stress, anger, eating and sleeping problems, and many other life challenges.

Her formal qualifications include a Masters Degree in Counselling, an Advanced Diploma in Gestalt Therapy, a Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, and certification in EMDR therapy. Suzanne also holds a level 6 Certificate in therapeutic supervision and provides supervision to counsellors and healthcare professionals. She is an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds a Certificate in Telephone and Online Counselling as well as a certificate in couples and relationship counselling. Prospective clients are invited to contact Suzanne Ellis to enquire or book an appointment; she is happy to answer questions and discuss whether her way of working would be a good fit.

Approaches for Online Trauma and Relationship Work

Suzanne uses EMDR to support people processing traumatic memories - this method involves guided eye movement or similar techniques to help reduce the intensity of distressing recollections and associated emotions. It is often used for trauma, abuse, and post-traumatic reactions.

She also works from a client-centred perspective, providing empathic listening and a supportive, non-directive environment where clients explore their feelings and goals at their own pace - this approach can be helpful for anxiety, low mood, self-esteem and life transitions.

Attachment-based techniques are used to understand how early relationships shape current patterns, helping clients address difficulties in intimacy, trust, and family relationships by identifying and shifting unhelpful relational habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Suzanne collaborates with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made. Registered professionals and therapists often blend approaches to suit the individual rather than using a single model.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for busy lives, making it easier to attend from home or work and to maintain continuity between sessions. This variety of formats helps clients choose the way of communicating that feels most comfortable and accessible for them.