About Suzy
Suzy Gold is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 11 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life transitions. She also helps with ADHD, addictions, career changes, and parenting concerns.
Suzy offers care in English and Korean and practices in Pennsylvania. Suzy’s approach is practical and kind. She draws on cognitive behavioral methods to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients identify their values and take small, concrete steps toward them.
Background and approach
Attachment-focused work is part of her toolkit when relationship patterns and early wounds affect daily life. She leans on client-centered listening to make space for each person’s story and goals. Sessions emphasize simple skills people can use between meetings, not just talk.
Suzy has worked in a range of settings over her career, including community mental health and inpatient care. That variety shaped her ability to work with people in different stages and situations. Her style blends practical tools with steady, reflective listening.
People looking for flexible session formats will find options that fit varied schedules. Suzy supports international clients and communicates in English or Korean. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step connect someone to her for an initial visit.
How her approaches fit into online therapy
Suzy commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take meaningful action based on personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many day-to-day problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Decisions about which strategies to use are collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, writing through thoughts, or fitting therapy around a busy schedule. These options make it possible to keep continuity of care even with travel or shifting commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English, Korean