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Susan McGarvie

Susan McGarvie, Ph.D.

Mindfulness-Based Therapist, Writer, Researcher Dr. Susan McGarvie is a Mindfulness-Based Therapeutic Coach in private practice and also a keen writer and researcher.
My Top Specialties and Expertise
  • Stress & Burnout Management
  • Transition Support
  • Bereavement Counseling

About Susan

With more than twenty years’ experience working in health, NPO & academic sectors, Susan specializes in supporting and strengthening people through integrative, somatic, client-centred, evidence-based and collaborative approaches. Having spent many years supporting healthcare practitioners and therapists, she has become somewhat of a “therapists’ therapist”.

She applies evidence-based principles regarding positive psychology, somatic-mindfulness approaches, and adult learning to her therapy practice as well as her workshops and wellness events.

Susan is a farm girl who has travelled extensively and worked in the UK, Africa and South Africa. She recently returned to her roots in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and now runs a private in-person practice in Kenton-on-Sea alongside her global online practice.

In her spare time, Susan is a nature enthusiast, enjoying camping and the outdoors, walks along the beach, as well as yoga, reading and painting. She lives with her husband, their Dane, and a princess of a cat.

A Personal Message From Susan

I am dedicated to supporting practitioners in creating balance and wellbeing in their lives. To finding ways to tame the inner critic and nurture and nourish themselves so they can be quality practitioners. I believe that self-care is a radical act of professional responsibility.

Work Experience

  • 2016-Current: Private Mindfulness-Based Therapeutic Coaching Practice
  • 2021-2023: Project Management Support at Nelson Mandela University
  • 2020-2023: Academic Coach at Grad Coach International
  • 2008-2016: Palliative Care Development Officer at Hospice

First- and Second-Author Publications

  • McGarvie, S. (2015). De-stress your dissertation: A mindful approach to mediating the emotional rigours of post-grad research. (Available on Amazon)
  • McGarvie, S. (2020). Attentive amelioration: Developing and evaluating an applied mindfulness programme for psychologists (Ph.D. Thesis, Rhodes University)
  • McGarvie, S. (2013). Evaluation of the development needs of palliative care programme managers in the context of providing quality palliative care to increasing numbers of patients in Kenya, Malawi and South Africa (Master’s Thesis, University of Cape Town.)

Susan McGarvie, Ph.D.

Mindfulness-Based Therapist, Writer, Researcher

Education

  • Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Masters in Palliative Care
  • Honors in Psychology
  • BCur in Nursing
  • MAP in Business Management

Expertise

  • Self-care
  • Mindfulness
  • Transition support
  • Psycho-spiritual palliative care
  • Bereavement support
  • Stress & burnout management

Experience

  • Mindfulness-Based Therapeutic Coaching Practice
  • Project Management Support
  • Academic Coach
  • Palliative Care Development Officer
I love being able to reach and support more practitioners through my writing.
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