About Susan
Rev. Susan Sciarratta helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania and brings a practical, steady approach to sessions.
She focuses on building motivation, self-esteem, and confidence while offering support during career shifts and caregiving challenges. Susan worked for many years as a professional engineer before moving into counseling. That background shaped her preference for clear plans and doable steps.
Background and approach
In sessions she uses plain language and concrete strategies instead of jargon. Clients can expect straightforward talk about what’s happening now and small goals to try between meetings. Her work covers a broad range of concerns, including depression, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anger, and compassion fatigue.
She also supports people dealing with aging or caregiver issues, fertility and bereavement matters, postpartum depression, and questions about life purpose. The emphasis is on practical coping and problem-solving over time. Susan tailors each plan to the person in front of her rather than using one approach for everyone.
She listens for patterns in relationships and behavior, then helps people experiment with different ways of responding. The tone is respectful, sensitive, and grounded in real-world solutions. Therapy with her is described by its clarity and encouragement.
She aims to help people feel more capable and less overwhelmed as they move toward change. Her twelve years in counseling combine with a prior technical career to offer both empathy and structure.
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
She draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on present problems and practical solutions. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to see what works better; it’s useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress. Another approach emphasizes clear, achievable goals and step-by-step plans to rebuild confidence and increase motivation, which helps with career shifts, caregiver strain, and midlife transitions.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaboration means plans are adjusted if something isn’t helping or if new issues emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for full conversations and visual cues. Phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options help fit counseling into busy lives and varied schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English