Suzanne Grabowski

Suzanne Grabowski is an ACA counsellor based in South Australia who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, eating and food-related issues, and major life changes. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk about what matters most and build practical coping skills. Her manner is warm and down-to-earth, so conversations stay straightforward and focused on real life concerns.

Suzanne brings a broad background in counselling, community services and nursing, which she uses to see how physical health and emotions connect. She works in a flexible way and adapts sessions to each person’s needs rather than using a single method for everyone. Sessions centre on listening carefully, naming patterns that cause pain, and trying small changes that make day-to-day life easier.

Her approach draws from familiar therapies such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. These methods are used to address issues like trauma, family problems, body image and self-esteem. Suzanne also supports people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness, and attachment concerns.

Clients can expect practical tools alongside conversations about feelings. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking, practise new ways of relating, and set achievable goals. The work is collaborative - clients and Suzanne decide together what to try next.

With three years of professional experience and membership of the Australian Counselling Association, Suzanne aims to help people feel steadier and more capable as they navigate change, uncertainty and recovery.

How Suzanne’s approaches translate to online care

Suzanne commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, often useful for anxiety and life changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centres on understanding emotional responses in relationships and can help with attachment and family-related issues. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying concrete experiments to change behaviour and mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Suzanne will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose or combine methods that suit the situation. That collaborative decision happens early and can be adjusted as progress is made.

The biography does not specify which online session formats Suzanne uses, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also means sessions can be scheduled around medical appointments or caregiving duties more easily. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt exercises and resources so the same therapeutic tools used in person also work when meeting remotely.