Susan Martinez, LCSW

Susan Martinez, LCSW Susan Martinez is a Psychotherapist. She is experienced in treating mental health disorders, & fostering holistic well- being.

Her specialties include anxiety, mood disorders & trauma, survivors of narcessitic abuse. Now offering canine assisted therapy! Se Habla Espanol

Susan Martinez is a Psychotherapist licensed by the state of NJ. She is experienced in treating mental health issues, complex trauma and addictions. She specializes in individual and group therapy for adults, couples and adolescents. Susan has focused m

uch of her career on working with women, survivors trauma and immigrant populations. She has worked for several Non- Profits in the state of New Jersey, where her focus has been on mental health, serving victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. Much of her work has been dedicated to serving the Latino community and she is an expert on immigration issues. Susan is mindful of the unique stressors and impact that the migration process can create for immigrants, including: isolation, family, relationship, employment, cultural, identity, integration, and inter-generational issues. Susan is aware of the intersectionality of all of these, and how they impact well-being, mental health, and living a fulfilling life. She has extensive experience in working on U Visas, VAWA Petitions and she works on political asylum cases. Her private practice is in Middlesex, NJ.
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Education:
Susan's qualifications include a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and teaching certification for grades K-12 from the state of New Jersey. Susan earned her master’s degree from the Rutgers University School of Social Work in New Brunswick, N.J., where she graduated with highest honors and an additional certification from the Rutgers Addiction Counselor Training program. Susan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
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Additional Training:
Susan has studied mediation and holistic healing since 1981 and she is a certified Reiki Master. She is also a certified Yoga Instructor at the advanced 700 hour level. Susan has taught yoga and meditation practices throughout New Jersey and the Tri State area since 2001.
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Speaking Engagements:
A sought-after speaker, Susan facilitates workshops on the following topics; healing from child abuse and trauma, domestic violence, restraining orders, cultural competency, reiki, yoga, meditation, stress reduction, self- care for social works and mental health professionals, and holistic healing. Susan's speaking engagements are suitable for the public, corporate and private sector. Some of the venues where Susan has presented include:
Carrier Clinic, Dwight and Church, Applegate Farms, Easter Seals Corporate, Raritan Valley Community College, Rutgers University, Rider University, Woodbridge Township Schools, Montessori Schools, Somerset County Library System, American Repertory Ballet Theater, and the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

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I'm a psychologist
and I can always tell
when someone grew up too fast.
Not because they tell me.
Because of what they never learned
to do.
Here are 7 signs: 1.
They are extraordinarily capable.
Competent in ways
that took most people decades.
They handle things.
They figure things out.
They don't wait to be rescued.
That's not a personality trait.
That's a child
who learned very early
that waiting didn't work.
2.
They find it almost impossible
to ask for help
without first proving
they've already tried everything.
Not because they're proud.
Because needing something
before you've exhausted yourself first
still feels like a failure.
They learned that
before they could name it.
3.
Play feels foreign.
Not uncomfortable exactly.
Just slightly out of reach.
Like there's a glass between them
and the ability to just be
somewhere
without it meaning anything
or producing anything
or going anywhere.
They watched other children do it.
They weren't sure
they were allowed.
4.
They are the responsible one.
In every group.
Every relationship.
Every room.
Not because they chose it.
Because someone has to be
and they have been practicing
since they were eight years old.
By now it just feels like
who they are.

5.
Rest still feels like
something they have to earn.
Not tired-guilty.
Something older than that.
A voice that says:
you don't get to stop yet.
There's still something
that needs handling.
There is always something
that needs handling.

6.
They grieve things
they can't quite name.
A childhood they were present for
but somehow not in.
Summers that were fine.
A family that was fine.
And still this quiet sense
of having missed something
they can't go back for.
They don't know
if they're allowed to call it loss.
It was fine.
It just cost them something
nobody saw.
7.
When something is genuinely hard
their first response
is to get practical.
What needs to be done.
What can be controlled.
What can be managed.
Feeling it comes later.
Sometimes much later.
Sometimes in the car
three weeks after
when there's finally nothing left
to handle.

Nobody sat them down
and told them to grow up.
The situation did.
A parent who was struggling.
A home that needed managing.
A family that needed someone
to hold it together.
And they were there.
And they were capable.
And no one noticed
what it cost a child
to be that capable
that young.

Somewhere inside them
there is still a kid
who never got to just
be a kid.
Who learned to need very little.
To handle everything.
To keep going.
That kid deserved more.
So do you.

—talktotessa

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719 Route 206
Hillsborough, NJ
08844

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Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 3pm
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