Meet Dr. Susan
Dr Susan Eley Morris pictured on 6th May 2026 (Image: Susan Morris)
I started a psychology degree on a Monday morning in January.
Surrounded by views on what I should be doing, where I could be, and how I compare to others, I jigsawed my own fit.
I have made significant changes to my own life that I didn't always know were possible. Running. Meditation. Dancing. Zero-alcohol. Study. Nutrition. Style. Mid-life transition, career change, retraining are just labels. I prefer careful evolution.
I am an adult orphan who knows something of loss and still chose this work.
I hold hope for life with intention.
That experience shapes how I sit with clients.
I call our first session together a discovery conversation.
I work like a detective. When a client arrives, I'm curious: How is your life currently? What happened to you? Why see a psychologist now?
You decide where our conversation starts from. Maybe it's brought you to therapy for the first time. Perhaps there's something unfinished from counselling some time ago. Or you've simply come to a halt in your self-help.
Together we'll identify the red herrings. Formulating a concern is always tentative. We have just met. One session can be enough to begin feeling safe to disclose without judgement.
A client is always in control of what is disclosed.
Dr. Susan Eley Morris
Counselling Psychologist
Based in Stirling.
07475 916474
drsusan@drsusaneleymorris.com
Counselling Psychologist is a protected title by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), this ensures that the title is only used by those who meet the academic and professional competencies as stated by the HCPC.
Psychology Matters
I was first introduced to psychology at The University of Manchester. Social and Environmental Psychology. I assisted in applied psychological research based in Glasgow. My first co-authored academic paper was in the first issue of the Journal of Health Psychology. I enjoyed The Open University’s Biological Psychology: Understanding the Brain course. As a Science graduate and with a relevant PhD, I taught Biology undergraduates. Giddy with reading psychology and working with values-based community health projects, I progressed on a route accredited by The British Psychological Society for Chartered Psychologist. With gratitude to Glasgow Caledonian University’s squad, I completed a professional doctorate in Counselling Psychology.
Independently, I have participated in The Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Diabetes, The Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Mental Health and worked in a Public Appointment to the Mobility and Access Committee Scotland.
Dr Susan Eley Morris pictured on 6th May 2026 (Image: Susan Morris)
Qualifications awarded
PhD in Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow, 1998
Doctor of Psychology in Counselling Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2025
MSc in Health Psychology with Distinction, University of Stirling, 2021
MSc in Applied Social Research, University of Stirling, 1994
MA in Online and Distance Education, The Open University, 2016
BSc Honours in Psychology, The Open University, 2020
BSc Honours Open, The Open University, 2011
BA Honours Economic and Social Studies, University of Manchester, 1992
Memberships
Chartered Psychologist C.Psychol, The British Psychological Society (since 2025)
Associate Fellow AFBPsS, The British Psychological Society (since 2025)
Full Member of The British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology (since 2025)
Fellow FRSA, The Royal Society of Arts (since 2016)
Fellow FHEA, Advance HE (since 2015)
