Mental Health Matters Counselling Welcomes You

Suzanne Harris

ACA approved Counsellor with more than fifteen years of clinical experience, Suzanne specialises in brief intervention and solution-focused therapy. She brings a structured, practical approach to the broad range of people she works with.
EAP Counselling:
Through a mix of general counselling and psychoeducation, Suzanne assists staff to gain clarity, improve their self-care, and learn new strategies to support their identified challenges. This may include aspects of Assertiveness, Overcoming Negativity, Social Anxiety, Building Self Esteem, Mindfulness, Cognitive Resilience, Boundaries, Grief and Loss. She also loves to teach about breathwork, strategies for managing anxiety, and how to identify the key areas for life satisfaction that are most relevant to you.
Supervision:
As a member of the Australian College of Supervisors, Suzanne is qualified to offer the Rise Up model of external supervision and offers professional supervision to support workers in allied health.
NDIS Participants:
Suzanne offers general counselling, social skills training, and tailored therapeutic coaching to facilitate improved educational outcomes for NDIS participants.
As a respectful and creative coach and therapist, Suzanne’s one-to-one self-paced learning opportunities for NDIS participants provide effective outcomes while boosting self-esteem, confidence, and a sense of safety in new learning. She is an accredited tutor and member of ATA. Suzanne also teaches several supported certificate programs including building self-esteem, assertiveness, social confidence, and mood management.
AOD Recovery Coaching:
Along with many years of experience as a Drug and Alcohol Case Manager, Suzanne has also been instrumental in planning, designing, and setting up a 24-bed drug and alcohol rehab in Western Australia. She currently provides one-to-one sessions as additional support to those who are seeking to strengthen their recovery through an informed therapeutic approach, as well as facilitating a single Q&A session for those who are seeking clarification about their own or someone else’s substance use. 
Practice Management:
Suzanne is the practice manager at Mental Health Matters and is often the first point of contact for individuals coming into the practice or calling to make an appointment. She thoroughly enjoys greeting visitors upon arrival and supporting their experience through a well-run professional practice.

Along the Way:
Suzanne is certified in graphic design, advanced administrative and computer skills, remedial literacy and numeracy coaching, planning for individualised teaching strategies and managing potential pain-based behaviours, trauma crisis Interventions, instructional design, therapeutic drumming, acting fundamentals, and is a diploma-qualified counsellor. She works with a broad range of people utilising an eclectic approach that is dynamic, interesting, and current.  
From There to Here:
Suzanne loves end-to-end projects. She is known for her creative solutions in design, and her development of specialised therapeutic and educational materials and activities to support individuals in their journey from where they are now to where they would like to be.
Recent Positions:
Suzanne has had the opportunity to offer her expertise to headspace Pilbara as a specialist youth clinician, to Intensive Foster Care supporting Youth and Families, and to Pilbara Community Alcohol and Other Drug Service as an AOD Case Manager.