Meet Suellen Peak
Founder & Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
Master of Applied Positive Psychology, Grad.Dip International & Community Development, BSW, BA (Psych)
Suellen is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, with two decades of experience supportive adults through a range of mental health challenges.
Suellen blends wellbeing science with evidence based interventions to help clients to deepen their insight, explore possibilities and design a life of intention and meaning.
Suellen can support clients with:-
Anxiety (including generalised anxiety, panic, social anxiety, and health-related anxiety)
Depression, low mood, and loss of direction
Stress, overwhelm, and burnout (including workplace stress)
Trauma and the ongoing impact of past experiences
Grief, loss, and complex bereavement
Relationship and interpersonal difficulties, including communication challenges
Infertility, donor conception, and the emotional complexities of family building through ART
Life stage transitions and positive aging
Care Giving and Carers Fatigue
Perfectionism, people pleasing and “Good Girl” Scripting
Low self-worth, self-doubt, and confidence struggles
Personal growth, values clarification, and living a more aligned life
Suellen’s Approach
Suellen Peak is a compassionate, thoughtful, and deeply relational clinician who is committed to helping people navigate life’s complexities with greater clarity, self-understanding, and connection. She believes that meaningful change begins when people feel genuinely seen, heard, and safe enough to explore their experiences without judgement.
Known for her warm and grounded therapeutic presence, Suellen works collaboratively with individuals and couples to help them better understand themselves, make sense of difficult emotional experiences, and create sustainable and meaningful change.
Suellen has extensive experience supporting adults across a broad range of presentations including anxiety, stress, grief and loss, relationship challenges, adjustment to significant life transitions, and the emotional complexities associated with fertility, donor conception, pregnancy loss, and family building. She brings both clinical expertise and deep compassion to this work, recognising the profound emotional impact that these experiences can hold.
Her therapeutic approach is integrative, evidence-based, and trauma-informed, drawing from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based approaches, EMDR, strengths-based practice, and coaching frameworks that support clients to move beyond insight and into growth, action, and transformation.
At the heart of Suellen’s work is a belief in people’s capacity for resilience, healing, and change. She is passionate about creating spaces where people can pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most to them.
Committed to ongoing professional growth, Suellen continues to engage in advanced training, supervision, and reflective practice to ensure her work remains thoughtful, contemporary, and deeply responsive to the people she supports.
Meet our Independent Practitioners at The ART Space
Meet Sonya Newland-Millar
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
Bachelor of Social Work | Diploma in Community and Social Services
Sonya Newland-Millar is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Family Therapy informed practitioner, Family Violence Counsellor, and Authorized Family Law Counsellor with more than 20 years of experience working across community-based mental health and family services.
Sonya practices from an integrative, trauma-informed, and attachment-focused framework, thoughtfully combining evidence-based therapies to support meaningful and lasting change.
*Sonya is accepting new clients from 1st July 2026
Sonya can support clients with:
Anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm
Trauma and recovery from difficult life experiences
Family violence counselling and support
Relationship and family challenges
Neurodiversity | ASD | ADHD
Communication and conflict within relationships
Life transitions and adjustment difficulties
Self-esteem, identity, and personal growth
Parenting, family dynamics and separation
Emotional regulation and coping strategies
Burnout, compassion fatigue, and mental wellbeing
Building healthier relationships and boundaries
Care Giving and Positive Aging
Sonya’s Approach
Known for her grounded, compassionate, and client-centred approach, Sonya works collaboratively with individuals, couples, and families to help them better understand themselves, navigate complex emotional experiences, and strengthen their relationships. She brings a strong family systems lens to her work, recognising the important ways that relationships, family dynamics, and life experiences shape emotional wellbeing.
Alongside her professional expertise, Sonya brings valuable lived experience as the parent of neurodivergent children. This personal understanding enriches her work with families navigating neurodiversity, helping parents feel understood, supported, and empowered. She is a qualified Tuning in to Kids and Triple P – Positive Parenting Program practitioner, supporting parents to strengthen emotional connection, build confidence, and respond to their children's needs with warmth and consistency.
Sonya is also an Authorised Family Law Counsellor and Parenting After Separation practitioner, supporting parents and families as they navigate separation, co-parenting, family conflict, and the significant transitions that accompany relationship change. She is committed to helping families prioritise the wellbeing of children while fostering respectful communication and healthier family relationships.
Sonya has extensive experience supporting people experiencing anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, family violence, parenting challenges, stress, and significant life transitions. She integrates evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches into her practice, tailoring therapy to meet the unique needs, values, and goals of each individual and family.
At the heart of Sonya's work is a belief that safety, connection, and compassionate understanding provide the foundation for healing, resilience, and meaningful change. She is passionate about creating a space where people feel genuinely heard, supported, and equipped to move forward with greater confidence and hope.