Susan Frambes, LCSW

Licensed in New Jersey · 30 years in practice

Susan Frambes is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience helping people handle major life stressors.

License and registration

LCSW, New Jersey: 44SC00302700 · expires August 2026
NPI: 1538742275 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
Languages: English

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About Susan

Susan Frambes is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience helping people handle major life stressors. She works with adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, grief, relationship and family concerns, and problems with sleep or eating. She also supports people facing career transitions, compassion fatigue, and the emotional fallout from abuse or abandonment.

Susan keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps people set small, doable goals.

Background and approach

Conversations mix problem-solving with emotional support so clients can make steady changes. She is comfortable using talk, reflection, and action plans to help people feel less stuck. Her background includes long-term work with adults affected by childhood trauma, domestic violence, stalking, and addictive disorders.

She has collaborated with families and community services while based in New Jersey. Her practice draws on many years of hands-on clinical work and real-world experience with crisis and recovery. Susan often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.

She also uses client-centered and trauma-focused methods to follow what each person needs in the moment. Mindfulness practices are offered when helpful to manage stress and regain calm. Scheduling is flexible when possible, and she responds to messages regularly.

Sessions can be tailored to someone who prefers video, phone, chat, or text exchanges, including people who want to communicate mainly by messaging.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Susan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Coping with life changes
Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Body image
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Susan names

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Online support

Approaches that work well online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. It creates space to talk through feelings, build trust, and set goals that matter to the individual. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and introduces simple exercises to change them, which can be practiced between sessions. Trauma-focused therapy helps people process traumatic memories and learn coping strategies to reduce their impact, using careful pacing and grounding techniques.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. That collaborative process guides whether sessions emphasize CBT exercises, trauma processing, mindfulness, or a mix of methods that fit the client's needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for full conversations, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep contact between appointments when helpful.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?

Susan works with adults on trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and family concerns, stress, self-esteem, career changes, eating and sleeping issues, and compassion fatigue.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is straightforward and practical. She listens closely, helps set small goals, and blends talk therapy with problem-solving and emotional support.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She brings 30 years of experience working with adults facing trauma, addictive disorders, life transitions, and related challenges.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New Jersey and practices with that credential.

Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what a client prefers.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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