Supporting Kids & Teens to Thrive – Therapy for Every Step of Their Journey
Suzanne Donohue, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist based in Mountain Lakes, NJ. She works with children, adolescents, college students, and parents, using a strengths-based, evidence-informed approaches to treatment.
With extensive experience in schools, hospitals, and private practice, Suzanne specializes in ADHD, executive functioning deficits, ASD, behavioral challenges, anxiety, and parent coaching. Treatment focuses on creating tailored interventions and teaching healthy coping skills to help clients manage challenges, make positive choices, and achieve lasting, meaningful change. By combining personalized strategies with practical skill-building, she empowers children and teens to navigate life’s difficulties and develop the tools they need for long-term growth and well-being.
Therapeutic Approaches
Suzanne draws from a range of evidence-based approaches, tailoring each to fit the individual’s unique story, needs, and current challenges.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT):
Helps clients identify and reframe distorted thinking patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and other emotional struggles.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP):
An effective treatment for OCD and anxiety-related conditions, guiding clients to gradually face fears while resisting compulsive behaviors.
Mindfulness-Based Strategies:
Encourage present-moment awareness and emotional regulation, helping clients stay grounded rather than reacting to perceived “fires” that may not exist.
Behavioral Therapy Techniques for ADHD:
Focus on building executive functioning skills, organization, and emotional self-regulation. This includes positive reinforcement systems, structured routines, behavioral charts, and collaborative problem-solving to strengthen attention, follow-through, and frustration tolerance.
Psychodynamic Therapy:
Explores how early relationships and attachment experiences shape personality, self-esteem, and relational patterns in life.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT):
Emphasizes present concerns and practical steps toward resolution, highlighting strengths and achievable goals.
Family Systems Theory:
Examines how each person functions within their family dynamics, recognizing that change often requires understanding the system as a whole.
Trauma-Informed Care:
Acknowledges the impact of trauma on the mind and body, prioritizing safety, empowerment, and healing throughout the therapeutic process.
Suzanne provides parent coaching/training and psychoeducation. She collaborates closely with parents, other providers, and school districts to help children navigate IEPs and 504 plans, ensuring a successful educational experience.
Voted BEST KIDS’ DOC for three consecutive years (2023–2025).
Suzanne Donohue, Psychotherapist
LCSW
