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Susanne KositzinLCSW

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Location

Virtual, Oregon

Insurance Accepted

Aetna

Communication Style

Action-oriented, Casual, Exploratory, Open-minded, Warm

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Focus areas

Anger Issues, Animal Loss, Anxiety, Caregiver Burnout, Chronic Illness, Depression, Divorce, Family Conflict, Grief, IPV/DV, Life Transitions, OCD, Panic, Phobias, Relationship Concerns, Sexual Assault/Sexual Abuse, Sleep, Stress, Trauma, Women's Issues, Workplace Stress

Experienced with

Parents

Years of Experience

4+

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My approach is gentle, down-to-earth, and collaborative, designed to build on your strengths and values.

License number

#L8382

Therapy style

My therapy style is warm, engaging, and empathetic, as well as active and goal-oriented. I treat depression and anxiety with all that these encompass: from interpersonal conflicts to panic to parenthood, to grief and loss. I have 10 years of experience with acute/chronic illnesses, including cancer. I also have extensive training and experience working with trauma, utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as the foundation of my practice and offering both Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Flash Techniques virtually for trauma processing. My approach is gentle, down-to-earth, and collaborative, designed to build on your strengths and values.

Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP or EXRP)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Solution-focused
  • Strengths-based

Languages Spoken

English

Education

MSW - Social Work, Arizona State University

Interests

Outside of work, I love to travel and recently spent three weeks in Mexico improving my Spanish. I love learning languages and also speak a bit of Hindi. When I'm not traveling, I enjoy being home with my family, hanging out with my daughter, and our zoo of pets, including cats, snakes, rats, fish, and axolotls. I love creative writing and have done some poetry therapy with interested clients.