Susan Mackert, LCSW-R

Life is a journey... and along the way, we can all benefit from some support and guidance from time to time. Walking alongside you on your path, I offer compassion, deep listening, validation, perspective, and insight, all the while respecting your self-agency, values, belief systems, and inherent wisdom. I blend a variety of therapeutic approaches in order to tailor our work to your unique strengths and challenges. 

My philosophy of therapy involves finding and cultivating balance between extremes, lessons and meaning within experiences, healing through suffering, compassion over self-hatred and shame, and understanding and peace with all the various parts of your inner world. If that sounds like a lot, not to worry! This doesn’t all happen at once. We will move forward together slowly and steadily, building towards a sustainably positive future, one small step at a time. 

This is your life… in many ways, it is what you make of it. Do you want to be led by fear, doubt, and stress? Or discover for yourself a new, brighter, and more fulfilling way forward?

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST: 

• The trait of high sensitivity (i.e. HSP)

• Spirituality and faith

• Life transitions 

MAIN TREATMENT APPROACHES:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

• Mindfulness and compassion-based

• Humanistic / Person-centered 

• Insight-oriented

• Transpersonal

ACCEPTED INSURANCE PROVIDERS: 

• Highmark / Blue Shield of Northeastern New York

• Anthem / Empire BlueCross BlueShield

• CDPHP

• Fidelis

• MVP

• OON

• Self-Pay - Superbills can be provided to you to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement. CommonSense Wellness Network cannot guarantee if your insurance company will reimburse you.

STATES LICENSED IN: 

• New York (LCSW-R #087953)

• Massachusetts (LICSW #122736)

AVAILABILITY:

• Susan is not currently accepting new clients.

• When Susan is accepting new clients, she only accepts clients seeking tele-therapy (Video, Phone, and Texting). 

• Please note in-person session appointments are very limited, whereas tele-session appointments can begin almost immediately after all paperwork is completed.
  
  Scheduling on a PC/Laptop works best, our client portal doesn’t work well with Tablets or Cell Phones