It was during first year medicine in 1981, that Sue realised that she was "more interested in something more intrinsic to a person than their bodies”!
She transferred to the Bachelor of Science in Psychology degree at UNSW, completing this with Honours 2:1 in 1985. Sue then travelled and worked in the United Kingdom for 5 years with adolescents and University students. Returning to Sydney in 1992, she completed the Masters in Clinical Psychology at Macquarie University, with a Post graduate scholarship, while working as a tutor at Robert Menzies College and as a staff-worker for Trinity Chapel Macquarie.