Susan Berlin

My Background as a Therapist and Counselor

My career as a therapist began two decades ago in 1989 at the Caron Foundation, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program that also specializes in codependency and ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) work . At Caron, I discovered my passion for and joy in helping people find more of themselves and seeing the magical results of that journey.

A few years later, I moved to New York City to begin my private psychotherapy practice. While establishing my practice, I also designed and implemented an intensive outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program for Mediplex/United Hospital in New Rochelle, NY.

With a desire to grow personally and professionally, I relocated my therapy practice to Georgetown in Washington, DC, where I see individual counseling and therapy, couples and marriage counseling and group counseling varying in age from 17 to adult.

My Therapy Practice

As a counselor and therapist, I have specialized training in working with people struggling with or recovering from:

• Alcohol use, abuse, dependence & addiction
• Drug use, abuse, dependence & addiction
• Sexual compulsivity and other sexual issues
• Eating disorders

In addition I provide therapy to people with many issues such as (but not limited to):

• Codependency
• Adult children of dysfunctional families (childhood trauma & abuse survivors)
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Relationship issues, Couples & Marriage Counseling

In the therapy will I help you to:

• Discover more of yourself and work on healing your psychological wounds
• Enhance your personal growth & creativity
• Improve the quality of the relationship with yourself and others
• Help you to feel more empowered in your life and in yourself

My Goals for You in Therapy

Put simply, I help people discover more of who they are and through counseling help them work toward personal goals to make their life more fulfilling.

My focus is always on helping people have fuller, more authentic, creative and spirited lives and relationships.

Psychotherapy is an art to be practiced and refined, as is life. I am an artist in both my life and in my work as a psychotherapist. Let’s open the door to possibility together and see what we can find inside of you. Feel free to call me to talk about how we may be able to work together.

My Licenses & Certifications:

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (licensed in NY, MD and DC)
• Certified Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselor (CASAC)
• Internationally Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (ICADC)

I have Professional Psychotherapy Memberships in the:

• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• National Association of Drug & Alcohol Counselors(NAADAC)
• American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)
• American Academy of Psychotherapists (AAP)
• Maryland Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society, Inc. (MAGPS), and
• Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work (GWSCSW)