About Susan
Susan Acosta is a licensed social worker who helps people facing anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, and family conflict. She brings 20 years of practice in New York and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She aims to make conversations clear and respectful so people can take the next step toward change.
Susan keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented. She listens first, then helps people set small, realistic goals.
Background and approach
Conversations include looking at patterns, testing new behaviors, and checking what works in daily life. Her work often addresses stress, depression, anger, self-esteem, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people dealing with parenting challenges, blended family issues, codependency, and separation after divorce.
Drug and alcohol addiction is another area she regularly addresses. Susan uses approaches that help people practice new skills and stay motivated. She adapts the pace to each person's needs and focuses on what will make a difference in day-to-day life.
The goal is steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes. People who choose her can expect a respectful, down-to-earth style. Sessions aim to empower clients to make clearer choices and handle life changes with more confidence.
Susan helps people move from feeling stuck to taking practical steps forward.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and working at your pace. In this approach the therapist follows your lead, reflects what you say, and helps you clarify goals and values, which can be useful for anxiety, relationship concerns, and self-esteem work.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It often includes specific exercises to try between sessions and can help with anxiety, depression, and managing stress.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change when motivation feels mixed. It uses guided conversation to strengthen resolve for issues like substance use or making big life changes.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will ask about your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan as you go. You and the therapist decide together which strategies to keep or change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for in-depth conversations and practicing skills, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can suit short check-ins or busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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