Hi (or أهلاً), I’m Suzan Shedid!
I’m a human, a seeker, a somatics and embodiment coach, mentor, transpersonal psychotherapist-in-training, mental health facilitator…and, a work in progress.
I moved into mental health work full-time in 2023, after years in the corporate world working in management consulting and tech policy with organisations like EY and Meta. On paper, it made sense. In my body, it didn’t. The pull toward the human psyche — toward meaning, healing, and depth — was constant and impossible to ignore.
My work is shaped by lived experience of complex trauma, burnout, and disconnection, and by a deep awareness of how modern systems often strip people of agency and choice — quietly through pressure and performance culture, and violently through war, displacement, and conflict.
Through my work, I support people in transmuting survival patterns into agency, choice, and embodied power. It is a reminder of their inherent worth, playfulness, and capacity through intentional healing. I blend nervous system work, integrative coaching, energetics, and unconscious exploration.
I believe our personal freedom begins with safety. Real shifts happen when people are met without judgement or pressure, at the speed of trust and at the speed of safety.
I was raised in the SWANA region and now live in London, UK. I’m also the co-founder of Collective Circles, providing mental health and psychosocial support for Sudanese women changemakers following the Sudan war, rooted in community care, dignity, and collective healing.
Below, you’ll find my Practice Statement, which outlines the philosophy, ethics, and foundations that guide all of my work.
What you are seeking
is already seeking you
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What you are seeking is already seeking you 〰️
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Master of Arts in Transpersonal Integrative Psychotherapy | Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education, London*
Certificate in Somatics, Embodiment and Regulations Strategy | Linda Thai
EY High Performing Teams Consultant
EY Business Coaching
Yoga & Meditation teacher training | Rishikesh Yoga Teacher Training, India
Master of Arts in Policy Studies in Education | University College London
*in progress
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Currently, I operate at a coaching capacity. But I’m also registered as a UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) Trainee.
My Practice Statement
I welcome you as if you are entering a circle in the desert: hand on my heart, head bowed, in respect for you and for those who came before you. You are welcomed as you are, and your ancestors are honoured here.
My practice exists to support people in returning to themselves and re-member their personal freedom. It’s not through fixing, forcing, or bypassing, but through creating the inner safety required for real shifts to occur. I work at the intersection of integrative coaching, meditation, nervous system regulation, somatic practice, and practical integration, so transformation becomes something you live and embody, not something you perform or intellectualise.
From a young age, I’ve been captivated by the essence of being human. And as a result of childhood trauma, I was questioning purpose, meaning, suffering, and the stories we carry. Through that, I was lucky to be able to explore ancient and modern teachings of spirituality and healing modalities. Consequently, I realised how modernity has reduced healing to a fast-paced “quick fixes” which only pressures the individual rather than wait for the inner work to be birthed in its own time. That’s why, I do not believe in “quick fixes” or incessant toxic positivity.
I honour all the seen and unseen emotions and experiences. I work with the whole system - mind, body, nervous system, emotions, and the unconscious -because human beings do not heal in parts. But we heal by understanding ourselves at a deeper level. Our survival patterns and coping strategies must be treated as intelligent adaptations, not flaws to eliminate.
To ignore grief, is to ignore the other side of the coin. Loss, rupture, trauma, displacement, identity shifts, and unrealised futures live in the body and nervous system. Any approach to transformation that avoids grief creates bypassing and dysregulation. In my practice, grief is not rushed, reframed, or transcended. It is witnessed, honoured, and integrated, so life and movement can return naturally.
My work is culturally informed, and recognises that most of the modern psychology knowledge was developed in spaces that may not take into consideration differences of environments, language, or historical trauma. Hence, my work is attentive to the psycholinguistic, relational, and cultural nuances that shape how we experience ourselves and the world.
Distress is understood as relational, collective, historical, and systemic - not only personal. I do not ignore the circumstances of systemic oppression or injustice. We are beings shaped by contexts and healing needs to be embodied, and relational, not isolated or individualised so we can eliminate the shame that surrounds healing and make space for each other collectively.
On the other hand, desire is treated as intelligence, not indulgence. A signal of direction, meaning, and aliveness or life force. When the nervous system feels safe enough, desire becomes a compass rather than a source of pressure.
In conclusion, my practice is grounded in simplicity: safety before speed, regulation before performance, relationship before technique, embodiment before explanation, and presence before pressure. This work is not about becoming someone else. It is about coming home to yourself — slowly, safely, and honestly…through embodiment, regulation, grief, integration, and truth.
I look forward to meeting you, as you are.