Susan Banco

Susan Banco is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in New York. She brings 30 years of experience from community settings, schools, and day programs to her work. Susan takes a warm, conversational approach and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. That includes parenting challenges, relationship and partner issues, and separation or divorce. Susan also supports those dealing with substance issues, career or employment struggles, grief, and self-esteem concerns.

Susan blends several approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on client-centered work to follow the person's pace and priorities. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits, and she brings solution-focused and narrative methods to help people clarify goals and make change.

Her background includes training other social workers and offering individual and group counseling. That experience shapes a practical, skills-based style that aims to build confidence and choices. Sessions are conversational and collaborative, with an emphasis on what helps between meetings.

To begin, Susan asks people to describe their current concerns and goals. From there she and the client decide together what approaches and steps to try. The result is tailored care that focuses on usable tools and steady progress.

How Susan’s approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead. It helps when someone needs a respectful space to name priorities and make choices without pressure. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful cycles; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Susan discusses goals and preferences with each person and chooses or combines methods together. That means the plan evolves from session to session to match what helps most for daily life.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when a quick update is needed. It can also let people use phone-only sessions when bandwidth or camera time is a concern. The aim is to make therapy practical and usable alongside everyday responsibilities.