When you walk into my therapy office, I focus on your unique strengths and struggles. I will work with you in counseling on the full spectrum of life’s challenges, although I also specialize in therapy for addiction, substance abuse counseling, and therapy for eating disorders.
Topics
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.
Branching out successfully with Terence Gorski Workshop
I embarked on a new adventure in my professional career: I was a primary sponsor of a day-long workshop for my peers. Read my reflections about it and on how it differed from my day-to-day work. Read the entire entry
Susan Hosts Workshop with Pioneer in Addiction Treatment
I am so excited to announce that this spring I will be co-hosting a workshop for my peers that will bring a nationally recognized and widely respected clinician to my own backyard—the Washington, DC metro area. Read the entire entry
