Susan Berlin, Psychotherapist, LICSW, CASAC, Washington, DC, phone: 202-333-1787
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Depression and Anxiety
Depression can occur in people at any given time with symptoms that include low energy, poor appetite, difficulty concentrating or feelings of hopelessness.
Marriage Counseling and Therapy
Marriage counseling provides an unbiased point of view with observations of a couple’s interactions with each other to assess power struggles, communication styles, expectations and stressors.
Couples Counseling
Couples counseling provides a couple with the ability to see your relationship more clearly and help identify possible problem areas that develop throughout the natural cycle and maturation of a relationship. 
Childhood Trauma
Childhood trauma can be the result of either physical or mental abuse experienced as a child and can have a lasting psychological impact on both children and adults.     
Emotional Incest and Abuse
Emotional incest or abuse is a complicated dynamic that happens when a parent is overly and inappropriately emotionally involved in your life.     
Addiction
An addiction is a condition that develops over time and ultimately leads you to feel like you must have that drink, drug, or partake in some other behavior.     
Substance Abuse and Addiction
Substance abuse and addiction typically describes excessive use of alcohol, prescription medication, or illegal drugs.    
Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is an illness that can cause you to adopt harmful or self-destructive eating habits like binge eating, starving yourself, or purging. 
Sexual Compulsivity
Sexual compulsivity describes a pattern where sex feels powerful without feeling pleasant and is something repeated with less and less reward or sense of control.     

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Process Addiction

Are you struggling with a compulsive habit such as gambling, overeating, working too much or overspending? These are called process addictions. These addictive behaviors can be as debilitating as those associated...

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