Suzanne D'offay de Rieux, BACP

Suzanne D'offay de Rieux welcomes people who are struggling with worry, grief, low mood, relationship strain, addiction, or major life changes. She writes in a warm, direct way and aims to help people find steadier ground and clearer direction. Suzanne uses her experience to create a calm space where someone can be heard and begin to make practical changes.

She has 18 years of clinical practice and holds BACP registration, which she uses alongside an integrative, person-centred stance. Suzanne blends humanistic and cognitive approaches and draws on life coaching skills so sessions can be short-term or longer term depending on need. She offers work that is down-to-earth and focused on real-life results.

Suzanne has supported people through bereavement, trauma, addiction, anxiety and identity-related concerns over many years. Her background includes roles in bereavement services and support for survivors of sexual assault, which shaped her interest in trauma recovery and nervous system safety. She also has experience helping expats and people adapting to new cultures.

She trained in PSYCH-K, a method aimed at shifting longstanding beliefs, and combines that with thoughtful therapeutic conversations. Suzanne describes her style as intuitive and non-judgemental, meeting people where they are without labels or minimising their experience.

Sessions focus on building coping skills, understanding patterns, and trying practical steps that fit everyday life. People who choose Suzanne can expect a collaborative process that aims to restore balance and support clearer choices going forward.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Suzanne uses a person-centred, humanistic way of working that focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a trusting relationship. This approach helps when someone needs space to be heard and to make sense of painful emotions.

She also uses cognitive-based techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical experiments that change everyday behaviour. These tools are useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with stress. Suzanne has trained in PSYCH-K, a method aimed at shifting long-standing beliefs at a deeper level to support new ways of responding to life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Suzanne will discuss options with each person and decide collaboratively which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean combining listening, practical skill-building and belief-change work over several sessions.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives or those living abroad. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging are useful for shorter updates or when writing feels easier. These options make it straightforward to keep therapy consistent around work, travel or family commitments.