Susan helps clients identify their needs and outlines how she and her clients can work together in a safe and nurturing therapeutic environment. She utilizes a holistic and supportive approach to engage her clients in determining the issues that need to be addressed and paths for progress, enhanced self-esteem, self-confidence, and constructive decision-making.

Susan strives to create a safe, warm, and nurturing environment that encourages verbalizing and identifying various feelings, providing alternative coping strategies, and decreasing anxiety, depression, and pain. She seeks to provide a place where clients can experience growth and practical solutions to their current situation.

Experience

Susan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and earned her master’s degree in social work from Columbia University in 1982. Susan worked as a school social worker for the Brick Board of Education for 27 years. Susan previously worked in various outpatient settings in community mental health in the South Bronx and the Jersey Shore. Susan supervised graduate social work students from New York University, Rutgers University, and Monmouth University. Susan has worked with children and adolescents with academic, behavioral, and social issues and with women who have suffered domestic violence and trauma. She is also experienced in individual, marital, and family therapy.