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Suzanne-Weeks-Psychologist Kensington Psychology

Suzanne Weeks, Psychologist

Suzanne is a caring and compassionate psychologist whose friendly, kind manner makes it very easy to connect with her. She has many years of helping people grow and overcome difficulties by understanding the way their life stories shaped them. Her intuitive, gentle insights guide her clients to wellness and to becoming the best versions of themselves.

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Suzanne helps teens and adults with challenges including anxiety, depression, stress, anger, trauma, LGBTQ+ challenges, addictions, eating disorders, self-harm, interpersonal relationships, life transitions, parenting difficulties, and grief and loss.

 

Suzanne is also specially trained in stepfamily dynamics and recoupling after divorce. Furthermore, she is extensively trained and experienced in couple's counselling.

 

Suzanne​ assists individuals from 13 years and older, families, and couples.​

Therapy with Suzanne

Suzanne is an insightful, intuitive, and compassionate therapist who helps clients understand the narratives that shaped their lives - both what they experienced, as well as the thought patterns they shaped, and live with more joy, self-determination, dignity, and meaning. Her communication is always warm, sensitive, authentic and non-judgemental. She employs her empathetic nature to provide comfort, understanding, and practical solutions. 

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Suzanne welcomes clients from all backgrounds and orientations.​ Her areas of expertise include couples, blended families,  and other relationships, anxiety, depression, trauma and childhood trauma, addictions, eating disorders and loss. 

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​Suzanne has completed extensive clinical training and personal development, and she draws on a number of different treatment modalities such as Narrative Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Solution-Focussed Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing and Gottman Method Couples Therapy. She always remains client centred, drawing on her experience and incorporating strategies from different modalities as needed.​​​

Psychologist providing Gottman Couple's Counselling

Suzanne is extensively trained and experienced in working with couples to grow their emotional connection and become happier together. She provides a safe and non-judgemental space for couples to explore how their relationship became stuck, and how to repair, and strengthen it, by exploring the life experiences and habits that may have led them to current issues and providing practical ways to move beyond that. Suzanne is skilled at guiding couples in ways to improve communication, increase intimacy and affection, manage conflict without harm, and strengthening their friendship and emotional connection. 

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The Gottman Method for couples focusses on teaching specific skills that foster a sense of friendship and teamwork. This may include exercises like building "love maps", which is a way to deeply get to know each other's likes, dislikes, passions, fears, important memories, longings, and dreams, as well as likes and dislikes, favourite hobbies, and even music preferences. This builds a sense of intimacy, acceptance and friendship which is foundational to a happy relationship.

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She also guides couples to insight about where communication has become stuck and destructive, by understanding habits that Gottman has named "the four horseman": criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling, and replacing them with with gentle, constructive and loving communication.

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Suzanne welcomes all couples from different backgrounds, ages, and sexual/gender orientations.​ She also has a special affinity for helping families navigate recoupling and blended family dynamics in a reassuring and validating way.

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Areas of Practice

Qualifications & Professional Associations

  • Master of Counselling

  • Bachelor of Science, Anthropology

  • Registered with the Psychology Board of Australia

  • Registered with the Psychological Association of Alberta

  • Member of the College of Alberta Psychologists

  • Registered Psychologist, Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

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