Our minds and bodies are not well designed for many of the stresses we face in daily life today. It is not unusual to go through periods where your normal coping skills just aren’t enough. Depression, anxiety, grief and anger can negatively affect your relationships, your work and your ability to live your best life. As a therapist, I support people on their journey of managing and mastering their challenges with painful thoughts and feelings and improving their quality of life. My approach to therapy is centered in compassion and creating a judgment-free space of safety and support for us to do this work. Within this space, I will help you find ways to reduce your symptoms and distress and find solutions for yourself, using a range of skills and techniques. There is no “one size fits all” answer to anyone’s problems as we are all unique individuals. I use techniques from CBT, DBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and mindfulness and somatic (body-centered) therapies with a solution-focused approach so that we are always working towards your goals. I have extensive experience working in the medical field with people experiencing chronic and life-threatening illnesses as well as mental health conditions. Working with the relationship between body and mind, the way in which emotions affect the physical body and how physical symptoms affect the way you think and feel, we can reduce the distress and burden of illness and find new ways that you can experience joy and a sense of meaning and purpose at any stage of life or health.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In our first session, I'll ask you for a bit of background information and about what brings you to therapy. We'll talk what you are hoping to get out of therapy, what you tried before, and what does and doesn't work for you. At the end of the first session, I'll ask you if you would like to move forward together and we will discuss a schedule for sessions and begin to define and prioritize your goals.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

I specialize in working with people who feel like they have trouble fitting into the mainstream of life due to trauma histories, neurodiversity or chronic/serious illness. Because of my extensive experience working in medical health systems as well as community-based services (as well as personal/family experiences), I am familiar with the limitations and challenges of navigating these systems, and how people's lives are impacted by them.

Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.

I love working with people who have chronic health conditions, and older adults. My clients often have not been able to get their physical problems adequately addressed by the medical health system, and often have underlying trauma as well as anxiety and depression.

About Suzanne Rosenberg