Suzanne Grabowski, ACA

Suzanne Grabowski is an ACA counsellor who aims to help people manage stress, anxiety and big life changes. She writes in a warm, down-to-earth way and focuses on practical steps people can use. Suzanne works from a holistic view that links emotional and physical health. She is based in South Australia and offers counselling in English.

Her background combines counselling, community services and nursing. That mix shapes how she listens and responds to concerns about chronic illness, caregiver stress, trauma and family problems. Suzanne uses familiar, evidence-informed approaches and adapts them to each person’s situation.

Sessions start with what matters most to the client. Suzanne helps people talk through worries, learn new coping habits and try small, achievable changes. She focuses on building confidence and clearer communication rather than labels or tests.

Her work often addresses attachment and abandonment worries, body image and eating-related issues, and difficulties around commitment and control. Suzanne also supports people managing chronic pain, illness and disability alongside emotional strain.

With three years of practice experience, Suzanne blends emotionally-focused methods with cognitive and acceptance-based tools. She aims for practical outcomes that fit everyday life. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to her availability.

How Suzanne’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying values and taking small, meaningful actions. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching skills to tolerate difficult thoughts while moving toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers practical strategies to test and change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety and stress management. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on feelings and interaction patterns that affect close relationships and attachment worries; it helps people name emotions and shift unhelpful cycles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Suzanne will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit their needs. That choice happens collaboratively, and approaches can be blended as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm which options are available before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into busy days, allow a shorter check-in when time is limited, or reduce travel when managing health issues. Online work can let a person practise new skills between sessions and bring real-life moments into therapy conversations. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt exercises and tools used in ACT, CBT and EFT to an online setting to keep the focus practical and relevant.