Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW

Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW
Profession(s): Mental Health Counseling, Psychotherapy, Coaching
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:  Licensed Clinical Social Worker
License Number:  44SC05240300

My Approach to Helping

My goal is to empower women with the self confidence, skills and insights to optimize health and contentment. Together we will discover real options, establish goals and work to achieve them. Women are faced with unique challenges, traumas stressors and responsibilities across the life cycle and my practice specializes in bringing renewed insights, better communication, improved mood and return of joy to women as they navigate associated difficulties. Loss is a frequent and significant theme in the lives of women, be it loss of a child, spouse, family member, friend,dream, health, career, marriage or companion animal. Do not suffer alone in isolating despair - integration of experience, healing, renewal and recovery is possible with patience and understanding.

More Info About My Practice

I am the 2009 recipient of the Golden Bell Leadership Award for clinical, educational and advocacy excellence from the Mental Health Association in New Jersey, the 2009 National Logan Award for Excellence in Leadership, and will be the recipient of the Community Partners Award from the Hudson Perinatal Consortium in November 2009.
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Group Therapy
 

Ages I Work With

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 

Groups I Work With

  • My specialty is women's reproductive mental health including pre-natal and postpartum depression, chronic illness, menopause, disordered eating, sexual trauma, loss, grief, divorce, relationships and career.
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
 
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
560 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Career Choice
  • Caregiver Issues/Stress
  • Chronic Pain
  • Communication Problems
  • Depression
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Eating & Food Issues
  • Family Problems
  • Fertility Issues
  • Grief & Loss
  • Health/Medical Issues
  • Inadequacy
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Isolation (Emotional & Social)
  • Midlife Transition
  • Mood Disturbance
  • Mood Swings
  • Physical Illness/Disease
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Reproduction, Pregnancy, & Birthing
  • Self-Confidence
  • Sex / Sexuality Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Shame
  • Social Phobia/Anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Women's Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness