Your Psychologist

Dr. Suzanne Brown is a Clinical Psychologist and Emotional Fitness consultant. She is the founder of Emotionally Connected.

 

Over the past decade, Suzanne has built a reputation as one of football’s leading voices in integrating Clinical Psychology with elite performance environments.

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At Sunderland AFC, she established and embedded the club’s First Team Psychology Department, supporting the squad and staff through promotion into the Premier League. Her work focused not only on individual player development but also on strengthening the psychological culture and coherence of the wider system.

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Previously, she served as Lead Psychologist for Arsenal FC Women during their Women’s Super League title-winning campaign. Her focus is grounded in both competitive excellence and psychological depth.

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Suzanne now works with players, coaches, and leadership teams to cultivate strategic and systemic wholeness — bridging clinical insight with the realities of elite sport.

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Suzanne trained at the University of Birmingham completing her undergraduate and Master's degrees obtaining First Class degrees. She attained her Doctorate degree from Coventry & Warwick University. She is a passionate lifelong learner.

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Additional Qualifications

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• ​Experiential Dynamic Therapy (EDT) - Foundation (2017)

• Insights Discovery Client practitioner (2019)

• Heartmath Practitioner (2019)

• Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) core training with Dr Patricia Coughlin (2017-2020)

• Advanced ISTDP supervision with Dr John Rathauser (2021-2022)

• Certified Advanced Red2Blue coach (2021)

• Spotlight Practitioner (Mindflick, 2023)

• Psychological Safety Index Practitioner (The Fearless Organization, 2025)

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