Group Counsellor and Co-ordinator
Sue Daniel
Registered Counsellor MACA
Accredited Mediator
Sue is a warm and collaborative counsellor who is very excited to be establishing The Grief Circle with Dr Nikki Johnson at The Mind Clinic in Mosman.
As well as running The Grief Circle, Sue treats individuals experiencing loss and grief, trauma, depression and anxiety, aging and life transition, work-related issues, drug and alcohol addiction and general emotional wellbeing.
Sue assists her clients using therapeutic approaches such as Person-Centred Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) and mindfulness practice.
Sue’s practice is trauma-informed, and she warmly welcomes
LGBTQI and neurodiverse members of the community.
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Losing someone you love can bring sadness, anxiety, anger, and a deep sense of isolation. It makes an already painful experience even harder to carry. Grief is natural, but sharing it can feel surprisingly difficult. There's often unspoken pressure to move on, and even people who care deeply may not know what to say, leaving you unsure where to turn.
The Grief Circle offers what grief so often takes away: connection, understanding, and a safe space to be honest about where you are. No pressure to have the right words or to be "over it”, this space is a small, confidential group where shared experience fosters hope, meaning, and healing.
Delivered as an 8-week program, The Grief Circle runs several times throughout the year at our Mosman site with Sue Daniel. The group is grounded in the compassionate framework of grief expert Dr Alan Wolfelt, who teaches that the role of support is not to fix grief or hurry it along, but to walk alongside it in a philosophy he calls "companioning".
The Grief Circle explores the following topics:
What is grief?
How grief affects our body and mind.
Myths about grief
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are often described as the natural stages of grief. It can be challenging when our reactions don’t follow that path.
How should we feel and behave?
Social expectations can leave us isolated in our pain.
How to get the support we need?
When we feel isolated and alone.
Strategies
To help make meaning of our experience and find hope.
The Grief Circle meets once a week for 8 weeks.
Where: The Mind Clinic, Mosman
When: Mondays 6pm
Members: 3-5 people
*Note: Groups are culturally sensitive and inclusive,
non-religious and non-denominational