Susan Spissman

I help clients address the underlying patterns driving anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, and emotional reactivity; not just manage symptoms. I integrate practical tools with approaches that shift deeply rooted responses so you can feel calmer, respond more intentionally, and stop getting pulled back into the same cycles. I have found that sustainable methods are brain-based & body oriented.

Past experiences can continue shaping how you see yourself, navigate relationships, and respond to stress; even when you understand what happened. I help clients process unresolved experiences and change the beliefs and reactions that keep them feeling stuck, using individualized, trauma-informed approaches that support meaningful change. This might include EMDR, somatic, or bioenergetic therapies.

Women often carry competing demands while trying to meet expectations at work, at home, and within themselves. I support women navigating perimenopause, perfectionism, changing roles, emotional overwhelm, self-doubt, and the pressure to hold everything together. Therapy offers space to understand your patterns and create changes that reflect who you want to be. You don't need to spend years talking about the same things and not seeing progress.

EMDR helps process distressing experiences and the beliefs that develop around them, such as “I'm not enough,” “I have to get everything right,” or “I can't trust myself.” Rather than relying on insight alone, EMDR can help reduce the emotional charge of past experiences and support more adaptive ways of responding in the present. I've was trained in 2018 after experiencing significant change myself. I've used it with hundreds of clients since then.

Your body can hold stress and react to experiences long after your mind understands them. Somatic therapy brings attention to the connection between physical sensations, emotions, and behavioral patterns. We work with your body's responses to help you recognize triggers, build awareness, and develop new ways of responding to stress. Instead of asking, "How do I stop feeling this?" we ask, "What is the feeling and where is it in my body?"

Bioenergetic therapy is experiential, which means you don't simply sit and talk about your problems. You learn ways to actively work with what you're experiencing. I teach you techniques you can use with your own hands to bring attention to and clear energy, as well as ways to work with specific frequencies. We may also use music incorporating binaural tones or other frequencies as part of the experience.