CUTV News Radio Spotlights Trauma and Recovery Therapist Susan G. Jacobs

Randolph, VT - Sue Jacobs is a licensed mental health and addiction specialist who works primarily in trauma and recovery work.

“Over the last forty years or so therapy has evolved tremendously,” says Sue. “With the advancements that we have made in therapeutic techniques and understanding human conditioning, we value approaches such as EMDR, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. In the past only the very wealthy could afford mental health treatment. We have finally realized everyone should be able to invest in their own emotional wellness.”

Sue has known what it is to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder and has strived to become an exceptional mental health professional assertively ready to make a difference.

“My vision of mental health and wellness signifies my yearning to be able to wholeheartedly encourage and inspire my clients,” says Sue. “I work on a pathway of motivation to create the change they wish to see in themselves. It’s irrelevant whether the healing comes sooner or later. One should never give up,”

Sue’s primary work is helping people struggling with all major forms of addictions like sex, drugs, alcohol, and gambling whatever is devastatingly controlling their minds.

Encouraging them to find that their lives have purpose and meaning is at the core of Sue’s work.  Some of her most gratifying work has been working with families and young children.

“By making a difference in this world every day working alongside my clients, I know that life is worth living! I have a renewed confidence, courage, hope, and joy. There is no greater high than this,” says Sue.  “This sense of awareness urges me to face another day and continue to embrace my own journey because I’m certainly not done yet.”