Karen Sussan (she/her/hers)

When it comes to anxiety, research shows psychotherapy can be an effective option. In psychotherapy, I will join you to uncover underlying causes of your worries and fears. Together, we can focus on learning how to relax, look at situations in a new, less frightening way, and improve coping mechanisms and problem-solving skills. Like anxiety, depression can be addressed therapy. We can sort out environmental, biological, and circumstantial factors that you can change.

Psychotherapy can smooth the way through many life transitions. Of course, you have managed through life until now with plenty of good coping skills and abilities, but sometimes change happens that hits hard. So, why make your life harder than it needs to be? I can help you get back on track. You can feel better prepared, improve self-care and coping skills. You can adjust to life’s challenges with greater resilience and transform into a more authentic, confident version of yourself.

I am highly qualified to join you at the crossroads of the spiritual, religious, and psychotherapeutic realms. I respect faith journeys and I am trained to help with existential issues and life meaning. The discipline is not licensable in many states, including New York, so many conscientious practitioners, myself included, join organizations that provide standards for practice and ethical conduct. Such codes of conduct include non-proselytizing. Many secular clients also this work healing.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy helps when you feel stuck. It addresses rational, conscious, and unconscious motives that contribute to personal problems. We collaborate to support rational, conscious motives in sync with your goals, while confronting motives incompatible with them. You can discover and confront unproductive motives and patterns rooted in the past. As these patterns become better understood, ways for breaking free of them become clearer. Then, you can explore and try alternatives.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses problems by focusing on the present. CBT holds that reactions are at the heart of problematic experiences, not necessarily the situation itself. We apply a cognitive framework to discover and understand inaccurate, distorted thinking about a challenging situation. Then, we use a variety of techniques to restructure your thoughts, relate differently, and change behaviors, plus role playing, mindfulness and calming exercises, and coping skills homework.

I admire the courage and resolve it takes to pursue and apply psychotherapy for change. I respect people who walk through my door. Clients find me accessible and kind. I am passionate about upholding human dignity. It's exciting when a client gains insight, discovers personal strength, or makes improvements in our work. Thus, I apply Rogerian therapy as I strive for being self-aware, genuine, and authentic in how I interact with clients. I also strive to provide unconditional positive regard.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses problems by focusing on the present. It holds that reactions are at the heart of problematic experiences, not necessarily the situation itself. We apply a cognitive framework to discover and understand inaccurate, distorted thinking about a challenging situation. We work to restructure your thoughts using techniques such as testing, modifying beliefs, changing behaviors. Plus, CBT can use mindfulness and homework to practice coping skills strategies

I admire the courage and resolve it takes to pursue and apply psychotherapy for change. I respect people who walk through my door. Clients find me accessible and kind. I am passionate about upholding human dignity. It's exciting when a client gains insight, discovers personal strength, or makes improvements in our work. Thus, I apply Rogerian therapy as I strive for being self-aware, genuine, and authentic in how I interact with clients. I also strive to provide unconditional positive regard.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses problems by focusing on the present. It holds that reactions are at the heart of aproblematic experience, not necessarily the situation itself. We apply a cognitive framework to discover and understand inaccurate, distorted thinking about a challenging situation. We work to restructure your thoughts using techniques like testing, modifying beliefs, and changing behaviors. Also, CBT can use mindfulness and homework to practice coping skills strategies.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy helps when you feel stuck. It addresses rational, conscious, and unconscious motives that contribute to personal problems. We collaborate to support rational, conscious motives in sync with your goals, while confronting motives incompatible with them. You can discover and confront unproductive motives and patterns rooted in the past. As these patterns become better understood, ways for breaking free of them become clearer. Then, you can explore and try alternatives.

I admire the courage and resolve it takes to pursue and apply psychotherapy for change. I respect people who walk through my door. Clients find me accessible and kind. I am passionate about upholding human dignity. It's exciting when a client gains insight, discovers personal strength, or makes improvements in our work. Thus, I apply Rogerian therapy as I strive for being self-aware, genuine, and authentic in how I interact with clients. I also strive to provide unconditional positive regard.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses problems by focusing on the present. It holds that reactions are at the heart of problematic experiences, not necessarily the situation itself. We apply a cognitive framework to discover and understand inaccurate, distorted thinking about a challenging situation. We work to restructure your thoughts using techniques such as testing, modifying beliefs, changing behaviors. Plus, CBT can use mindfulness and homework to practice coping skills strategies.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy helps when you feel stuck. It addresses rational, conscious, and unconscious motives that contribute to personal problems. We collaborate to support rational, conscious motives in sync with your goals, while confronting motives incompatible with them. You can discover and confront unproductive motives and patterns rooted in the past. As these patterns become better understood, ways for breaking free of them become clearer. Then, you can explore and try alternatives.