Susan Sciarratta
I enjoy shepherding clients through healing and growth, developing self-awareness, cultivating personal power, and understanding thoughts and behaviors. I help relationships thrive -- with yourself, with your higher power, and with others.
My counseling career was a midlife career change - my first career was engineering.
I provide helpful insights and motivate and empower people to grow, change, adapt, and embrace life - and its messiness. My counseling career was a midlife career change - my first career was engineering. I've loved both but never looked back.
First session
The first session is a non-structured intake interview. I will ask about basic personal history - who are you, what is your living environment, and what is it like to walk in your shoes? I proceed right into the presenting issue - why you have decided to get counseling (or therapy) and why now.
Strengths
My greatest strength as a provider is the therapeutic relationship. I am intentional about cultivating a trusting relationship where my client feels safe and comfortable with me. To be heard and understood is a gift worth giving and receiving. Time after time, people highlight my calming effect on them.
Ideal clients
My clients are typically, though not exclusively, women. I do have specialized experience with older adults and with teenagers, as well. The clients who typically benefit the most from counseling are those who have some level of self-awareness, who are willing to do the work outside our sessions, and who want a shorter-term therapeutic relationship.
Treatment methods
Eclectic
I use a variety of methods and modalities considering the client, their needs, and how they are responding to treatment. I am willing to change modalities if one is not working effectively.
Christian Counseling
My formal training (i.e. Masters Degree) was in a Biblically based counseling program.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I often use CBT for its wide application and evidence-based effectiveness across a variety of disorders. Most clients find it easy to use as well.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I often use DBT because it's fairly simple to use and often dovetails well with CBT and other modalities.
Grief Therapy
I have specialized training and experience in grief counseling and will use it with bereaved clients.
Location
Virtual sessions
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Licensed in
- PennsylvaniaLicense PC012220