Rev. Susan Sciarratta, LPC

Rev. Susan Sciarratta is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 12 years of counseling experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting strain, relationship concerns, and major life changes. She also supports those facing caregiver stress and compassion fatigue. Her background includes a previous career as a professional engineer, which informs her clear, practical approach to problem solving.

She talks with clients in a straightforward way and adapts sessions to each person's needs. Conversations focus on immediate concerns like managing strong emotions, building motivation, and improving self-esteem. Practical steps and small goals are used to make progress feel manageable.

Susan aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She works collaboratively to identify what a client wants to change and what matters most to them. The plan for sessions is shaped around the client's pace and priorities.

Her work often addresses caregiving stress, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and aging-related issues alongside common struggles such as anxiety or grief. She also offers support around communication problems, attachment concerns, fertility stress, and postpartum depression.

Clients can expect a supportive, goal-oriented relationship that emphasizes clarity and real-world steps. Susan encourages people to take the first step toward change and stays focused on practical ways to move forward.

How therapeutic methods translate to online care

Evidence-based techniques used in her work focus on practical change and managing emotions. One common approach emphasizes skill-building to manage anxiety and stress through breathing, pacing, and stepwise behavior changes. These skills help with panic, everyday worry, and coping during major life shifts.

Another approach centers on grief and loss support, offering structured conversations that allow people to name feelings, remember what matters, and create manageable steps for mourning and adjustment. This helps with complicated transitions like bereavement, hospice caregiving, and end-of-life planning stress.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, current challenges, and personal preferences, then try methods that align with those needs. Plans are adjusted as progress is tracked and new concerns appear, so the approach can change over time.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats the therapist currently offers before scheduling. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals often find that remote sessions make it more convenient to keep consistent momentum while working toward specific goals.