Rated 4.9 stars out of 5, 26 ratings

Sue De Santo

LCSW, 30 years of experience

Warm
Empowering
Holistic
Virtual
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About me

Have you ever felt like you were busy doing all the things you thought would bring you a happy life, yet felt alone and disconnected from yourself and others? These feelings are often when people turn to alcohol, drugs, food, shopping or relationships to try to create those feelings of happiness, contentment and joy. It can work for a short time however the key to moving forward is to understand the reasons we seek out these distractions. When we strengthen the relationship with ourselves, the outer world becomes much more balanced and fulfilling. Through slowing down and reconnecting with our mind, body and spirit we can feel more confident to face life events with a more stable and hopeful core sense of self. I specialize in treating relationship issues, addiction/substance abuse, depression, anxiety, job related issues, couples treatment and divorce recovery

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

In our first session together, we will start with a little breathing and brief introductions, then we will discuss what challenges brought you into counseling at this time. This will help us create a plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

I specialize in treating Adults over 18 years old, with relationship issues and provide relationship coaching for singles, depression, anxiety, job related issues, recovery issues around alcohol and drugs, couples treatment and divorce recovery.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I see clients from 20 years old to 85 years old, wanting to improve their relationships with themselves and others. Currently, I am Not seeing couples, only individuals.

Specialties

Top specialties

Trauma and PTSD

Other specialties

AddictionAnxietyDepressionGriefSelf EsteemSpirituality

I identify as

Serves ages

My treatment methods

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

I use several models but IFS if the framework I use to outline my sessions.

Location

Virtual
Rated 4.9 stars out of 5, 26 ratings

4 ratings with written reviews

June 18, 2025

One of Sue's strengths is her ability to listen. Not just hear, but listen. I have a tendency to talk quickly when i get charged up and Sue not only listens and responds and questions what I've said, but is good at slowing me down when needed. It is appreciated

Verified client, age 55-64

Review shared after session 5 with Sue

May 27, 2025

I'm not always an open book, but Sue was able to draw out things from me easily.

Verified client, age 55-64

Review shared after session 1 with Sue

April 29, 2025

Sue is very kind and makes effort to understand what you are going through. She has a way of communicating without judgement or criticism that I appreciate.

Verified client, age 65+

Review shared after session 41 with Sue