	{"id":111569,"date":"2025-10-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=111569"},"modified":"2025-10-26T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:59:04","slug":"counsellor-who-lifts-others-up-finds-her-own-moment-to-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/counsellor-who-lifts-others-up-finds-her-own-moment-to-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Counsellor who lifts others up finds her own moment to shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHEN disability advocate and past Geelong Business Excellence Award winner Justine Martin challenged Suzanne Sprague to enter her business in this year&#8217;s awards, she couldn&#8217;t say no.<\/p>\n<p>Sprague is the director of Emerald Tree Counselling, a Geelong West practice boasting a team of accredited therapists with expertise spanning a variety of specialised areas, including NDIS support.<\/p>\n<p>The business also provides employee assistance programs, and partners with local organisations like Timbertruss, Meli, and gforce employment + recruit to provide mental health and wellbeing support to their teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Justine] just said to me &#8216;You cheerlead everyone else to live their best life, and you cheerlead everyone to run their business\u2026you should do it yourself,&#8221; Sprague explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is me having the courage to do what I encourage everyone else to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quickly impressing the judges, the business has been named a finalist in three categories \u2014 Inclusive and Accessible Business, Employer of Choice, and Health and Wellbeing Promoting Workplace \u2014 in this year&#8217;s awards, which are supported by major sponsor LBW Business + Wealth Advisors.<\/p>\n<p>The entry experience has offered Sprague a welcome opportunity to celebrate Emerald Tree&#8217;s progress over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It went from what I thought was going to be a chore to something that really made me reflect on my business,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sprague was thrilled to discover everyone she consulted while putting the submission together, including her staff and accountant, had positive insights to share.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s provided heaps of opportunities to have conversations and they&#8217;ve been really awesome,&#8221; Sprague said.<\/p>\n<p>She attributes the business&#8217;s success to maintaining a simple client-centric approach focused on building the experience of Emerald Tree&#8217;s staff and ensuring compliance with all legislation and professional requirements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not here to service everyone; I&#8217;ve never been interested in taking over the world. I didn&#8217;t do this to have 10 sites open or anything else,&#8221; Sprague said.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, she wanted a flexible workplace while she started a family that also offered an opportunity to provide &#8220;quality client-centred, heart-centred work&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She soon realised this was a desire shared by many other working professionals, and now helps her own team achieve a healthy work-life balance that suits both their family and the needs of Emerald Tree&#8217;s clients.<\/p>\n<p>As Sprague looks to the future, the sustainability of the business is front of mind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no plans on retiring. I love my clinical work, but it&#8217;s about making Emerald Tree more about Emerald Tree, not just about me,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of this year&#8217;s GBEAs will be crowned at a presentation event at Geelong Arts Centre on October 30. 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