About Suzette
Suzette Carnahan is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 26 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She supports individuals facing trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, and major life changes. Suzette approaches work with calm focus and practical steps people can use right away.
She believes each person knows their story best and brings strengths to the work. Sessions center on identifying those strengths and building small, concrete skills to reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Suzette aims to make the process feel manageable rather than overwhelming. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps create short-term goals tied to daily life.
Many people find this approach helpful when they need tools to handle stress or shifts in mood. Over the years Suzette has worked in a variety of settings that shaped her understanding of trauma, parenting pressures, and long-term stress. That background informs how she frames coping strategies and pacing in sessions.
The focus is on practical changes that fit each person’s routine. When someone is ready to begin, she supports a step-by-step plan. That plan can include skill practice between sessions and check-ins about what is or is not working.
The aim is steady progress toward clearer thinking and better day-to-day coping.
How evidence-based techniques fit into online care
Suzette uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical skills and real-life application. One common approach focuses on teaching coping skills for anxiety and stress - learning breathing, grounding, and step-by-step routines to reduce immediate overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on trauma-informed work, which helps people understand how past events affect current reactions and slowly build safety and control in everyday situations.Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That conversation guides how sessions are structured and which skills are prioritized.
Online formats make this collaborative work easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and screen-sharing of worksheets. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief skill practice, and ongoing encouragement between sessions. Together these options offer flexibility so people can get consistent help without major schedule disruption.
Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
How much experience does she have?
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Which languages are supported in sessions?
What session formats does she offer?
How are fees and billing handled?
How do I begin working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.