Susan Banco, LCSW, LCSW-R

Susan Banco is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW and LCSW-R, practicing in New York with 30 years of experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting questions, addiction issues, grief, and life changes. Susan also supports clients facing career challenges, eating and intimacy-related issues, anger, and struggles with self-esteem.

She trained at Adelphi University and spent much of her career in community-based settings, schools, and day programs. In those roles she provided individual and group counseling and trained other social workers. That background informs how she structures sessions and sets practical goals.

Susan blends practical approaches to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and patterns and try different responses. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered methods, motivational interviewing, narrative techniques, and solution-focused strategies. Sessions are conversational and aim to build skills people can use outside of therapy.

Her work often addresses family and partner relationships, blended family issues, divorce and separation, and parenting stress. She also focuses on addiction-related concerns, eating and food-related issues, avoidance and commitment problems, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Sessions emphasize concrete steps such as identifying thought patterns, testing small behavioral changes, and setting achievable goals. Susan can also provide coaching for anxiety and employment or career transitions. To start, she asks a few practical questions to match goals and schedule an initial meeting.

How her approaches translate to online work