Dr. Susan Schaming
Compassionate clinician blending skills and practical tools
LPC New Jersey
- Experience
- 38 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Parenting, Depression
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Susan
Dr. Susan Schaming brings 38 years of clinical experience to work with people facing relationship struggles, parenting challenges, depression, major life transitions, and those seeking coaching to meet personal or professional goals.
Background and approach
She frames therapy as a collaborative process that honors each person's story while helping them build practical skills to manage emotions, improve communication, and make purposeful changes. Trained in cognitive and dialectical behavior therapies as well as client-centered and narrative approaches, she integrates techniques that fit each individual rather than relying on a single method.
Her style blends active listening, empathy, and compassion with concrete take-home practices so clients leave sessions with clear steps to try between meetings. Dr.
Schaming has worked across PK-12 school systems, university settings, hospitals, and community mental health, bringing a broad perspective to complex life and relationship issues. She holds LPC licensure and offers appointments that can accommodate busy schedules on a limited basis, including some early evening and weekend openings.
Dr. Schaming encourages those ready to begin to take the first step and will work alongside them to identify strengths, address barriers, and pursue meaningful change.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Schaming commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help clients change unhelpful thinking patterns and develop coping skills. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting thought and behavior patterns that contribute to depression or relationship difficulties, while DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for those struggling with intense emotions.She also uses client-centered principles that prioritize the individual's perspective, listening carefully and collaborating to shape goals and interventions. Finding the right approach is part of the work together, and she will help clients choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way rather than prescribing a single path.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access support from home or work. These options can accommodate different comfort levels with technology and communication styles while allowing consistent, skill-focused therapy that adapts to each person's life.
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Experience
38+ years
Licensed
New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Languages
English