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. 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.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
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.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest 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.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
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.
About Susan Sciarratta
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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.