Front Line Families

My name is Sue McLeod.

I am a Holistic Counsellor, Spiritual Psychotherapist and NLP Practitioner; and a mother with young children and wife of a Police Officer for 15 years.

With the mental health of our police officers being in crisis with high rates of PTSD and suicide, I find myself drawn to wanting to make a difference to family members, and the Police officers they love.

As a police officers wife I’ve lived first-hand some of the unique challenges and stresses we face. I know what it’s like to worry. It seems like every week in the news there is another suicide of a police or emergency services officer. It seems to be getting worse.

I know you worry about how they’re travelling. You struggle at times to cope with their role. You lie awake at night when they are on night shift. You can easily visualise that knock on the door, opening the door, seeing 2 officers standing there, and feeling the world fall away under you. You’ve played the scene in your mind many times, of getting that call. I know like me, you’ve already run through who you would call for support, what steps you would need to take.

If you are married to a cop and have children, you worry if the job is making them too hard. They’re often tired, they often need to ‘switch off’, and you resent that. You resent their shift, you resent the impact on your life. You resent that it always seems to be you that has to give in and change your commitments, and their job always comes first.

You love them and want to support them. But you also resent their work, and you feel like their work doesn’t care enough about you and your family.

I get it.

As a woman, I also have personal lived experience of domestic violence and birth trauma, and know what it’s like to experience anxiety and PND. I’ve recovered from all of these things, and know it’s possible to survive and thrive. I’ve learnt how to utilise the tools I have, to manage being the wife of a Police Officer, and I can help you with that too. I can help you and show you how to deal with those things I talked about, and more.

As a Police Officers wife and as a holistically focused therapist, I also know what it’s like to not want to utilise mainstream mental health providers. You may not entirely agree with how they approach mental health issues. I also know what it’s like to not want to use the police referred mental health providers, because you don’t trust that your stuff will be kept private. You don’t want your loved one ‘flagged’. After all that’s one of the stigma’s that stops Police Officers getting help for themselves.
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SOME THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ME:-

I am a straight shooter with a soft spiritual heart, passionate about helping others heal their pain and find access to a sense of strength, clarity and inner power within their lives.

I explore spiritual and mental health issues from a holistic mindset. Using a variety of therapy methods and approaches, I sit with you in a loving, non-judgemental space as together we explore your experiences and tap into the wisdom and answers you hold within.

I straddle a bridge between the mainstream and new age worlds – as an ex corporate I.T. consultant, I’m comfortable in many environments. Part of me is a bit alternative and new age, and part of me is totally mainstream!

So - here’s how I manage that – I’ve split those loves into two separate business identities- HEALING THE WHOLE & FRONT LINE FAMILIES.

FRONT LINE FAMILIES is about helping the families of Police Officers. My approach is holistic. I work with my clients in the moment, dealing with where you are at right now. I sit with you and help you with whatever is going on for you at the moment. I focus on helping you with self regulation, learning ways to manage your stresses. I help you understand your triggers better, and we work on understanding what causes those triggers, so that you manage them better in the future.


If you check out my other business page HEALING THE WHOLE, it may look a bit alternative to you. And yes it is, because this is a different approach I offer to the people that love that approach. As I said, I straddle a bridge between the mainstream and the alternative. I won't use these approaches with you, unless you express an interest in them.




I operate from offices based in Upwey & Mountain Gate, Vic; or online through Skype/Zoom; as well as offering workshops

Want to find out if I can help you? Please don't hesitate to send me an email or give me a call, I’d love to have a chat with you.
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My rates are:
1 hour $95
1 1/2 hours $125
2 hrs $165

Completely confidential. Not affiliated with, or reportable to, Victoria Police. At all. EVER!