Susan Acosta

Susan Acosta is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people facing anger, addiction, relationship strain, and stress. She works with adults who are trying to improve self-esteem, manage depression, or handle parenting and intimacy-related concerns. Her tone is respectful and direct, and she focuses on practical steps you can use between sessions.

She listens first, then builds a plan with each person. Conversations are shaped around what is real for you, not a one-size-fits-all script. She blends straightforward talk with techniques aimed at changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Susan uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow your lead and understand your perspective. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that fuel anger, anxiety, or addictive behaviors. Motivational Interviewing is used when people feel stuck and need to find internal reasons to change.

In sessions she helps people set small, concrete goals and track progress over time. She also addresses blended family issues, codependency, and the fallout from divorce or separation when those topics come up. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented.

Therapy with Susan emphasizes practical skills you can use right away. She aims to empower you to make choices that reduce harmful patterns and improve daily life. If you are ready to take a first step, she supports you through the process of change.

How Susan’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Susan commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy means she focuses on understanding your perspective and responding with respect and empathy; it helps when someone needs to feel heard and get clarity about priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems like anger, anxiety, or addictive patterns going, and it provides concrete skills to change them.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Susan will discuss your goals and preferences and will collaborate with you to decide which methods fit best. That collaborative planning can change as progress is made or as new issues appear.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins can be scheduled during a lunch break, or sessions can be arranged without travel time. Online sessions also let people use visual aids, worksheets, and homework tracking more easily during and between meetings, which supports the practical skill-building Susan emphasizes.