Suzanne DePasquale , LCSW

Suzanne DePasquale is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 18 years of experience helping people navigate difficult life transitions and emotional challenges. She is licensed to practice in Florida and New Jersey and brings focused clinical skill to work with individuals, couples, and families facing changes such as divorce, caregiving responsibilities, and relationship shifts.

Suzanne has particular expertise in relationship and family issues, grief and end-of-life concerns, compassion fatigue, and trauma and abuse. She also supports clients dealing with ADHD, stress and anxiety, intimacy-related struggles, parenting challenges, and anger management. Her practice extends to a range of additional needs including abandonment, aging and geriatric matters, autism spectrum experiences, blended family dynamics, cancer and serious illness journeys, caregiver stress, and communication or infidelity problems.

Approaching each person with empathy and professional insight, Suzanne aims to create a supportive space where clients can explore emotions, build resilience, and identify pathways toward meaningful change. She uses evidence-informed methods tailored to each client, collaborating to address immediate concerns while fostering longer-term coping and growth. Suzanne welcomes adults and families seeking thoughtful, experienced guidance through complex life experiences.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Relationship and Life Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters most to them and take committed steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is often useful for stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions where finding meaning and flexible coping are priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress. CBT is practical for anxiety, stress, anger, and many daily coping challenges where skill-building leads to measurable change.

The Gottman Method offers structured tools for improving communication and problem-solving in couples. It emphasizes understanding interaction patterns, increasing emotional connection, and resolving conflicts in ways that support healthier relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Suzanne collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy with Suzanne offers flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate differing schedules, mobility, and comfort levels. Working with licensed professionals this way makes it easier to maintain continuity of care during busy or transitional periods while accessing consistent therapeutic support.