Susannah Sheffer is a Counselor based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Peer Relationships, Relationship Issues, School Issues, Self Esteem, and Stress. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
Clients who seek out my help are motivated to explore some of life’s hard questions and experiences and to figure out how to make meaning out of whatever they are struggling with. I work with people who have experienced violent loss, people who have encountered vicarious trauma and losses in their work of helping others (for example, people in the fields of law, medicine, education, social service), people who are challenged by their creative work or aspirations, people who are facing identity questions or conflicts (discovering a family secret, feeling the impact of a difficult event in the past or present). “I am human and nothing human is alien to me.” This line by the playwright Terence captures something about how I view the clients I work with and how I think about psychotherapy. My clinical approach is informed by psychodynamic, existential, narrative, Internal Family Systems, and attachment (what is our “internal working model” of ourselves and others?). Are you interested in meeting with a therapist not so much to fix something that is wrong with you but rather to figure out how to live with challenging experiences or feelings? Are you a helping professional struggling with the limits of that role? I have some openings on Thursdays in my Amherst office, and I welcome your call.