SUZANNE SWAN
Suzanne is the Director of Gold Coast Couples Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is a Relationship Counsellor (ICEEFT) trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Gestalt Therapy. She is supervised by certified Emotionally Focused Therapy supervisors and a member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
Suzanne is available for One-day Couple Retreats.
Suzanne holds a Master of Gestalt Therapy, a Bachelor of Arts (double-major in Psychology) and a Postgraduate Degree in Psychology from the University of Queensland, with over 25 years of experience assisting couples to develop their relationship in preparation for parenthood. Her work is primarily about creating connections in close relationships to withstand the strain of life’s challenges, such as marriage, break-ups, death and children. Suzanne’s warm and compassionate nature allows her to build rapport and create safety in relationships easily.
She has worked as a Senior Yoga Teacher and Childbirth Trainer, delivering workshops and courses that help couples prepare for and optimise their childbirth experiences and parenting. Suzanne has completed her training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, Gestalt Therapy, Sex Therapy and Family Constellations. Book a Couples Retreat to commence Relationship therapy with Suzanne.
Suzanne offered my partner and I, individually and jointly, safe and transformative sessions/spaces to express ourselves and communicate better. Suzanne’s experienced and insightful approach helped us to become more aware of ourselves and negative cycles, to repair rupture, and to show our appreciation and deepen our love for each other. We found Suzanne to be kind, smart, calm and nurturing, non-judgemental, caring and generous – she is 100% a person you want to have on your team.
Thank you Suzanne for sharing your expertise, support, and beautiful energy with us. We are so blessed that the universe aligned us with you. Your ability to read us, hold us in a safe space, and draw authentic emotion from us is amazing! I would very much recommend this experience.
From our first session with Suzanne we felt completely comfortable and safe with her and were able express things that we have never felt safe to express on our own. It was very freeing and felt like a weight lifted from the relationship. We both love the gentle way that Suzanne works and how surprising and revealing it is. It's wonderful how things open in unexpected ways and with Suzanne's kind and skillful guidance, we are able to explore and move through difficult areas. We value it highly.
Qualifications and accreditations
- Master of Gestalt Therapy, GTB
- Certificate in Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, UQ
- Bachelor of Arts Double Major in Psychology, UQ
- Graduate Certificate in Gestalt Therapy, GTB
- Transpersonal Counselling, IKON
- Certificate in Family Constellations, Systemic Constellation Academy
- Trained in Sexual Therapy
- Trained in Infidelity and Relational Trauma
- Trained in Mindfulness for Health, Breathworks, UK
- HAKOMI Embodied and Aware Relationship Therapy (H.E.A.R.T)
- Member of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy, ICEEFT
- Member of Psychotherapy and Counselling Association of Australia, PACFA
- Member of Gestalt Australia and New Zealand, GANZ
- Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Australia, YA
- Education Trainer with Childbirth And Parenting Educators of Australia, CAPEA
- Director of Yogababy, Brisbane
- Director of Gold Coast Couples Counselling and Psychotherapy
