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From Inner Conflict to Inner Trust


You've done years of therapy and inner work, but still feel caught in familiar patterns of self-doubt, reactivity, or emotional overwhelm.

 

I help women (especially those over 50) develop a kinder, steadier relationship with themselves using Internal Family Systems Therapy--so inner trust can finally guide you instead of constant inner struggle.

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Specialising in:

  • healing the inner critic

  • resolving intergenerational patterns

  • moving beyond spiritual bypassing

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Start with a free guided practice: 

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Book a free 15-minute consultation:

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Why This Keeps Happening

Here's what I've learned, working with many women and on myself.

Lasting change DOESN'T come from 

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  • more insight or analysis

  • pushing harder or 'staying positive'

  • trying to eliminate the inner critic or 'difficult' emotions

  • staying in your head and ignoring what your body is telling you

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It comes from learning to stay present with your inner experience--especially the parts

you've been taught to override or avoid. 

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It comes from paying attention to the body, and all its innate wisdom.

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Most of us were never shown how to meet fear, shame, anger, or self-doubt with care

 

We learned effort, discipline, and self-correction--treating our inner experience as a 

problem to fix or get rid of, rather than something to understand. So we end up 

at war with ourselves.

 

And the body doesn't settle in the middle of a battle. It can't find real contentment

when we're constantly trying to override what we feel.

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Learning to stay with yourself isn't about becoming passive or resigned. 

It's about creating the conditions where real change becomes possible, without force

or self-abandonment.

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That's where Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and somatic awareness come in.

You might recognise yourself here:

You look capable on the outside. You've worked hard to understand yourself. But inside, you still feel:

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  • Unsettled or reactive, even when life is relatively calm

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  • Pulled between different inner voices, like a tug-of-war inside: the harsh critic, the people-pleaser, the one who wants to shut down......On and on!​

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  • Exhausted from trying to override, manage, or fix your emotional reactions. You've come to see that thinking about it doesn't seem to work!​

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  • Disconnected from your body, or overwhelmed by what  you feel there

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  • Like you've somehow failed at the goal of inner peace, despite all the work you've done

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​And here's what makes all this harder:

The very ways you've learned to cope--pushing through, analysing and being aware, spiritual bypassing oh-so-subtly, self-discipline--often keep you stuck in the same cycle. And they keep you living in your head, cut off from the wisdom your body holds.​​

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My Approach: Understanding and embodiment before change

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I work at the intersection of IFS therapy, somatic awareness and Buddhist practices.

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Together, we:

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  • Understand your reactivity and inner conflict as protective parts that 

  • developed for good reasons 

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  • Reconnect with your body's wisdom, learning to trust what you feel instead of avoiding it

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  • Heal inherited patterns, including intergenerational wounds that live in your nervous system

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  • Move past spiritual bypassing, staying with discomfort long enough for real change

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It's about coming home to yourself--mind, heart and body.​​

Who is This For?

This is for you if:

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  • You're tired of temporary fixes and surface-level work

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  • You feel disconnected from your body--or overwhelmed by what you feel there

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  • You sense patterns that go deeper that might not be 'yours'--family dynamics, inherited

  • anxiety, ways of being that didn't start with you

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  • You're ready to do the potentially uncomfortable work instead of bypassing it

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  • You want relational support, not just tools and techniques

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You don't need to be in crisis! Just a willingness to turn toward what you sense is

there, waiting to be known, understood, heard, and healed.

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NOTE: I especially love working with women over 50, but welcome any woman called 

to this deeper work.

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Ways to Work With Me
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1:1 Therapy

Online sessions for women wanting ongoing support to befriend their inner world,

reconnect with their body's wisdom, and heal intergenerational patterns.

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My approach: IFS Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Buddhist foundations

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Investment:

$160 for individuals. 

$200 for couples.

NDIS-funded sessions available

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Self-guided Resources:

Guides and practices to help you understand your inner critic, stay with uncomfortable

feelings, and begin building self-trust--at your own pace. 

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About Suzanne

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I've been an IFS therapist for 5 years after practicing as a Massage Therapist for 30 years. That experience taught me everything about what the body holds, and led me to more somatic healing.

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I love bringing IFS to people, and also rely on Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I also have my 30+ years of Buddhist practice that sustains me and guides my work.

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I've come to this work through my own meandering path, and I'm still learning--still discovering what it means to be in this human body. Complex and wonderful!

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​More about Suzanne...​​​​​

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Client Stories

"Suzanne's support and expertise have been invaluable in my healing process, providing me with tools for more self awareness and emotional regulation."

Linda J.

"Suzanne's compassionate approach helped me see that fighting with parts of myself wasn't working. It took a while but understanding myself this way, through making friends with ALL of me, has given me a lot more calm inside."

Mary H.

"Suzanne's sessions have been transformative, helping me see my body as a source of information and wisdom."

Emily R.

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